ASAO
Actively managedInternational Sharesabrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Active ETF
About this ETF
The Fund aims to generate strong long term total returns by investing primarily in equities and equity-related securities of companies listed, incorporated or domiciled in Asia countries (excluding Japan) or companies that derive a significant proportion of their revenues or profits from Asia countries (excluding Japan) operations; or have significant proportion of their assets there. The Fund is actively managed.
Scout Score
An independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 6 real-data factors (cost, diversification, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other actively-managed funds in the same category. Tracking isn't scored, since active funds don't target an index.
Strengths
No standout strengths relative to category peers.
Weaknesses
- Lower liquidity — 0.40% bid/ask spread, wider than 81% of active International Shares peers.
- Higher fee — 1.18% p.a., more expensive than 76% of active International Shares funds.
- Small fund — $2M in assets, smaller than 72% of active International Shares funds, which can mean wider spreads.