QuotedData Retail - Aberdeen Frontier Markets (AFMC) Incentivised to perform

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Incentivised to perform

Mark Gordon-James, manager of Aberdeen Frontier Markets (AFMC), has made a material personal investment in the trust, and therefore has shared in the pain experienced by AFMC’s shareholders as the fund has underperformed a falling benchmark index. He is, however, convinced of the fundamental attractions of the stocks in AFMC’s portfolio and believes that these will, in time, be reflected in AFMC’s NAV returns.

29/11/2018 12 EN

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Aberdeen Frontier Markets

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