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Investment Approach
Through intensive, first-hand research, we actively manage portfolios aiming to deliver long-term returns.
Seeking out exceptional investments at the right price.
abrdn has been investing across asset classes and markets for over 40 years. Over that time, we’ve developed some clear ideas about the most effective ways to invest to achieve our and our clients’ goals.
Of course, we tailor our processes for different markets, investments and strategies. However there are some principles that are always at the heart of our approach.
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Management Team
Flavia Cheong – Head of Equities - Asia Pacific
Flavia Cheong is the Head of Asia Pacific Equities on the Asian Equities team at abrdn, where, as well as sharing responsibility for company research, she oversees regional portfolio construction.
Before joining abrdn in 1996, she was an economist with the Investment Company of the People’s Republic of China, and earlier with the Development Bank of Singapore. Flavia graduated with a BA in Economics and an MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Auckland. She is a CFA charterholder. CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute.
Gabriel Sacks – Investment Director
Gabriel is an Investment Director on the Global Emerging Markets equities team at abrdn. Gabriel joined the company in 2008 and is based in London but previously spent 5 years in Singapore from 2018 to 2023, where he was (and continues to be) focused primarily on Asian smaller companies.
Gabriel is currently lead manager of the ‘abrdn Asia Focus’ investment trust and a pod member of the Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Income strategy and the GEM Smaller Companies strategy. During his time in Singapore, Gabriel was the lead manager of the Asian Smaller Companies fund (until December 2022 just prior to his return to London) and was a pod member of a number of other dedicated Asian and GEM strategies. Gabriel graduated with an MA (Hons) in Land Economy from Selwyn College, Cambridge University and is a CFA charterholder.
Xin-Yao Ng – Investment Director
Xin-Yao Ng is an Investment Director on the Asian equities team. Based in Singapore, he is part of the team managing Asia Pacific, Global Emerging Markets and Singapore equity strategies. He leads on healthcare and industrial sector research, as well as covering Singapore banks.
Xin-Yao joined the company in 2018 from Allard Partners where he was based in Hong Kong as an Investment Analyst specialising in Greater China equities. Previously, Xin-Yao worked for Central Provident Fund Board in Singapore as a Portfolio Manager. Prior to that, Xin-Yao worked for BNP Paribas in private banking compliance. Xin-Yao graduated with a BSc in Business from Nanyang Technological University, holds an MBA from Fudan University, and is a CFA Charterholder.
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