Andy Brown

The Luxembourg-domiciled Aberdeen Standard SICAV I – Global Innovation Equity Fund will invest in all-caps and will not be restricted to the technology sector.

The investment approach will deliberately transcend geographies and sectors so as to capture the innovations that lead to change throughout society and as such, seeking to drive positive returns for investors.

Andy Brown, investment director at Aberdeen Standard Investments, said: “At ASI, we think that companies with an innovative culture can build lasting competitive advantages and benefit from profound changes in their markets or businesses.

“Throughout history, successive waves of innovation have driven economic progress. Over the last 250 years there have been six major ‘waves’ of innovation. From steam power to automation, these waves tend to last decades.

“This makes them durable drivers of growth. By identifying these waves and finding innovative companies that will benefit them, we can make investment decisions that play out over not years, but decades.”

The fund will be managed by a portfolio construction group (pod) within ASI’s Global Equities team and will also benefit from the extensive knowledge and expertise of its central team of ESG experts as well as ESG analysts within the wider Global Equities team.

ASI achieved a UN PRI Assessment of A+  for active equity in 2020.

The Fund aims to provide long term growth by investing at least two thirds in companies listed globally of all sizes whose business models are focused on and/or benefit from all forms of innovation.

ASI believes these innovative companies are able to drive outsize investment returns by capturing the bulk of the economic value created by waves of innovation.  By investing in such companies, ASI’s aim over the decades to come is to stay at the forefront of progress on its clients’ behalves.

The fund aims to outperform the MSCI AC World Index (USD) benchmark before charges.