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Pedro Fonseca

abrdn Latin American Income Fund - Valuation providing attractive opportunities

abrdn Latin American Income Fund (ALAI) is managed by two well-resourced, experienced teams at abrdn (global emerging markets equities and emerging market debt) offering investors exposure to both equities and fixed income securities. Despite outpacing the performance of other markets in a volatile 2022 year to date, Latin America continues to look very inexpensive compared to other regions on both an absolute and relative basis, suggesting that political risks may already be being priced in. Central banks in the region have followed conventional monetary policies and some are nearing the end of their interest-rate tightening cycles in response to rising inflation, at a time when developed regions have just started to raise interest rates, which could lead to an improvement in investor sentiment towards Latin America.

31/08/2022 1 EN

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Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund

Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund is a closed-ended investment company. Co. invests in: companies listed on stock exchanges in the Latin American region; Latin American securities (such as ADRs and GDRs) listed on other international stock exchanges; companies listed on other international exchanges that derive significant revenues or profits from the Latin American region; and debt issued by governments and companies in the Latin American region. Co. is managed by Aberdeen Private Wealth Management Limited (APWML) and the investment management of Co. has been delegated by APWML to Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited.

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Pedro Fonseca

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