Aberdeen Asian Income Fund
First, the eyes of the world were on Asia as Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan and began to span the globe. Now attention is turning back to the continent, but this time watching closely as countries initially exposed to the pandemic take their early steps towards economic recovery.
Nobody is taking a closer interest than investment trusts. With companies of all kinds and in all locales suspending or delaying dividend payments, the need to find income is a conundrum that many trusts will have to solve in the next few months. The Aberdeen Asian Income Fund is among them.
The fund was founded in 2005 with an aim to provide reliable dividend payments alongside capital growth by taking stakes in companies across
