The Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Fund aims to maximise long-termtotal return through investing all or substantially all of its assets in the Aberdeen Global - Asian Smaller Companies Fund*, a sub-fund of the Luxembourg-registered Aberdeen Global, which invests in a portfolio of equities and equity related securities whose market capitalisation is under US$1 billion at the time of investment, and which are listed in Asia (ex Japan) or derive a significant proportion of their revenues and profits from the region, or have a significant proportion of their assets there.