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Barings ASEAN Frontiers Fund

as of 21/05/2019
GBP 157.980

Fund Facts

Fund Type UCITS
Domicile Ireland
Umbrella Barings International Umbrella Fund
Asset Class Equity

Share Class Info

Share Class Class A GBP Inc
Currency GBP
Accumulating / Distributing Income
Share Class Inception Date 05/08/2008

Why ASEAN Frontiers?

Rapid urbanisation and infrastructure development, coupled with a fast-growing population and rising domestic demand, has driven dynamic economic development in South East Asia over recent years.

As the developed world struggles to shake off its debt-induced economic malaise, we believe that the favourable fundamentals of ASEAN economies will continue to lead to higher relative growth rates and superior equity market returns over the medium and long term.

Summary fund objective


Why now?

A number of these regional economies are rich in natural resources and are well placed to continue to benefit from an environment of high food prices. Elsewhere, we are encouraged that infrastructure bottlenecks are being tackled and this should serve to benefit a number of tourism-related sectors.

Why Barings?

Barings has established an international reputation for the performance of our Asian equity funds since the launch of our flagship Barings Hong Kong China Fund over 30 years ago in 1982.

Flexibility within our investment policy allows us to exploit market anomalies and invest in frontier markets such as Sri Lanka, Laos and Bangladesh. Our ‘on-the-ground’ presence in the region, with local language speakers who carry out rigorous company visits, enables us to generate valuable local knowledge and new investment ideas early and efficiently.


