Credit Suisse Equity Fund (Lux) Future Energy Aberdeen Questions and Answers June 2009 What is the Fund Investment Policy? The aim of the Fund is to achieve the highest possible capital growth by investing worldwide in companies offering products and services in the field of future-oriented energy exploration, conversion and distribution. Who will manage the fund after the 1st of July? As at July 1st 2009 the fund will be managed by the global equities team in conjunction with specialist assistance from regional equity desks. Aberdeen’s approach is to run investments collectively and not assign funds to named individuals. Stephen Docherty, who joined Aberdeen in 1994, is Head of Global Equities. How will the transition to new management be conducted? The fund management team is likely to undertake some re-alignment of portfolios based on fundamental research which they undertake themselves. The team follow an equity investment process the core disciplines of which are emphasis on original company research, the identification of businesses that they can understand and the elimination of downside risks through price disciplines. It is not expected that transaction costs will exceed historic transaction cost parameters to any significant degree (if at all). What kind of track record does the new management have? The team manages the Luxembourg-domiciled Aberdeen Global – World Equity Fund. The $750 million fund has a S&P A rating and is top quartile over one, three, five years. While Aberdeen does not currently have an Energy fund the team has experience managing a sector fund. Will the fund continue with the same strategic/performance/risk profile? Aberdeen is a traditional, bottom-up stockpicker. The approach is to investigate companies thoroughly before investing, with team members cross-covering management visits. Once a company is bought into, the aim is to hold it for the long term, which means portfolio turnover is low and names do not change much. Aberdeen believes strongly in active management and does not use benchmarks for the basis of portfolio construction. It follows that tracking error is disregarded as a measure of risk, which is seen instead at the level of individual security selection. Will the fund continue with the same asset class/regional focus? There are no immediate plans to change the asset class/regional focus of the fund. What kind of investor service will be offered, i.e. reporting, manager access etc? Monthly factsheets in addition to statutory interim and annual reports will continue to be produced. Also weekly news briefings for European Markets, which are available on the Aberdeen website, in addition to monthly updates for certain strategies as well as ad hoc commentaries. Aberdeen sees the internet as an important medium for communication and has been building up its library of investment manager interviews, many of which are delivered to investors via electronic newsletters. Once databases are integrated, such services are expected to be rolled out to existing CS holders of funds to be transferred to Aberdeen.
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Credit Suisse Equity Fund (Lux) Future Energy Aberdeen
Questions and AnswersJune 2009
What is the Fund Investment Policy?The aim of the Fund is to achieve the highest possible capital growth by investingworldwide in companies offering products and services in the field of future-orientedenergy exploration, conversion and distribution.
Who will manage the fund after the 1st of July?As at July 1st 2009 the fund will be managed by the global equities team inconjunction with specialist assistance from regional equity desks. Aberdeen’sapproach is to run investments collectively and not assign funds to named individuals.Stephen Docherty, who joined Aberdeen in 1994, is Head of Global Equities.
How will the transition to new management be conducted?The fund management team is likely to undertake some re-alignment of portfolios basedon fundamental research which they undertake themselves. The team follow an equityinvestment process the core disciplines of which are emphasis on original companyresearch, the identification of businesses that they can understand and the eliminationof downside risks through price disciplines. It is not expected that transaction costs willexceed historic transaction cost parameters to any significant degree (if at all).
What kind of track record does the new management have?The team manages the Luxembourg-domiciled Aberdeen Global – World Equity Fund.The $750 million fund has a S&P A rating and is top quartile over one, three, five years.While Aberdeen does not currently have an Energy fund the team has experiencemanaging a sector fund.
Will the fund continue with the same strategic/performance/risk profile?Aberdeen is a traditional, bottom-up stockpicker. The approach is to investigatecompanies thoroughly before investing, with team members cross-coveringmanagement visits. Once a company is bought into, the aim is to hold it for the longterm, which means portfolio turnover is low and names do not change much.Aberdeen believes strongly in active management and does not use benchmarks forthe basis of portfolio construction. It follows that tracking error is disregarded as ameasure of risk, which is seen instead at the level of individual security selection.
Will the fund continue with the same asset class/regional focus?There are no immediate plans to change the asset class/regional focus of the fund.
What kind of investor service will be offered, i.e. reporting, manager access etc?Monthly factsheets in addition to statutory interim and annual reports will continue tobe produced. Also weekly news briefings for European Markets, which are availableon the Aberdeen website, in addition to monthly updates for certain strategies as wellas ad hoc commentaries. Aberdeen sees the internet as an important medium forcommunication and has been building up its library of investment manager interviews,many of which are delivered to investors via electronic newsletters. Once databasesare integrated, such services are expected to be rolled out to existing CS holders offunds to be transferred to Aberdeen.
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