Abrdn Australia Equity Fund Inc (IAF)

4.2000 0.0000 (0.00%) As of 12:28PM EDT. Market open.

Abrdn Australia Equity Fund Inc

255 George Street
Level 10
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia
001 612 9950 2888
https://www.aberdeeniaf.com

Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
Full-time employees: 

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Martin James Gilbert C.A., L.L.B., LLD, M.A., MA LLB LLD CA	CEO, VP, Interested Director, Chairman of Aberdeen Global Income Fund Inc	N/A	N/A	1955
Ms. Natalie Tam	Portfolio Manager	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Augustine Mark Daniels Bsc Econ	Portfolio Manager	N/A	N/A	1955
Ms. Alison Briggs	VP, VP - Aberdeen Global Income Fund Inc and VP - Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund	N/A	N/A	1973
Ms. Michelle Lopez CFA	Portfolio Manager	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2014, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Abrdn Australia Equity Fund Inc is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited. The fund is managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments Australia Limited. It invests in the public equity markets of Australia. The fund makes its investments in firms operating across diversified sectors. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up and top-down stock picking approach with focus on factors like growth prospects, competitive positions in domestic and export markets, technology, research and development, productivity, labor and raw material costs, profit margins, return on investment, capital resources, quality of management, and government regulation to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P ASX 200 Accumulation Index. It also uses proprietary research to create its portfolio. The Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc. was previously known as The First Australia Fund, Inc. Abrdn Australia Equity Fund Inc was formed in September 30, 1985 and is domiciled in the United States.

Corporate governance

Abrdn Australia Equity Fund Inc’s ISS governance QualityScore as of N/A is N/A. The pillar scores are Audit: N/A; Board: N/A; Shareholder rights: N/A; Compensation: N/A.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.