Aberdeen launches global small-cap fund for Docherty

Investment Week first revealed Aberdeen's plans for the fund in November last year, but the launch was postponed due to market conditions. The Luxembourg-domiciled Aberdeen Global World Smaller Companies fund will be a 40 to 60 stock portfolio which will focus on companies with market capitalisations of below US$5bn. The offering is based on the company's US-domiciled $52m Aberdeen Global Small Cap fund, launched in September 2009. It uses a similar strategy to the company's Global Equity strategy but with a small-cap focus. "The benefits of investing globally are now ingrained wit...