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Schroder Asian Total Return 27 February 2018
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Fund History
08 Jan 2025
Kings of the castle
We reveal the winners of our 2025 investment trust ratings…
10 Sep 2024
Results analysis: Schroder Asian Total Return
ATR has outperformed yet again, though the discount has widened…
06 Sep 2024
Asian equities – four distinct regions rolled into one
When investing for total returns in Asia, it pays to be selective. Fortunately, the Asian equity opportunity set is diverse enough for the managers of Schroder Asian Total Return to view it as four separate regions rolled into one...
18 Mar 2024
Results analysis: Schroder Asian Total Return
Good stock selection has driven another year of outperformance for ATR…
15 Nov 2023
Why it pays to be active in Asia
ATR’s highly active approach has delivered long-term outperformance for shareholders…
15 Nov 2023
The Asian century
Failing to invest in Asia means omitting half the global economy from your portfolio…
14 Jul 2023
Asian investment trusts: an abundance of opportunity
Exploring investors’ renewed enthusiasm for Asian equity...
05 Jul 2023
Silk Road Strife
The Asian narrative has been dominated by the India vs China debate, but on which side of the line have investment trust managers fallen?
29 Jun 2023
Bear in a China Shop
All the speakers at our emerging markets-focussed event last week see battered valuations in emerging markets – with the exception of the largest of them all – as a big opportunity…
20 Jun 2023
Schroder Asian Total Return
Robin Parbrook
This webinar is part of our June online event 'Spotlight on emerging markets'
Watch Recording
14 Jun 2023
Fund Analysis
ATR’s Chinese underweight has set it apart from peers…
16 Mar 2023
Diversity matters
We examine the effect of blending multiple funds within your regional allocation and find that – while the culture wars may rumble on elsewhere – the benefits of diversity for investors are unarguable…
11 Jan 2023
Solving the Rubik’s Cube
We reveal the winners of our investment trust ratings for 2023…
19 Jul 2022
Fund Analysis
ATR’s sophisticated strategy is an attractive way to take long-term Asia exposure…
20 Jan 2021
Kepler's top-rated investment trusts for 2021
We update our annual quantitative ratings for investment trusts…
15 Apr 2020
Fund Analysis
ATR is the standout trust in its sector for both absolute and risk-adjusted returns, now trading on a significant discount...
24 Mar 2020
First in, first out?
We ask whether the brave should be raising their allocation to Asia...
19 Feb 2020
Dialling down the noise
Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company takes a unique approach to Asian markets which allows the managers to focus on targeted stock selection and effectively cancel out market noise through the selective use of hedging...
03 Jul 2019
Push-me pull-you
Two contrasting influences are dominating the outlook for Asian markets - we analyse them and how Asia trusts are positioning their portfolios in response...
02 Jul 2019
Fund Analysis
Schroder Asian Total Return seeks to limit the volatility of Asian stock markets while capturing the best stocks...
24 Dec 2018
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because he was so bored of reading newspapers devoted entirely to Brexit he was hoping he’d be hit by a truck.
08 Aug 2018
Feeling giddy?
As valuations continue to soar, we consider a few equity trusts with different approaches to diversification and risk management...
16 May 2018
Blast off!
Many institutional investors are structurally underexposed to one of the fastest growing parts of the world even as China A-Shares join the global indices...
28 Feb 2018
Gimme shelter
As the bear market for bonds and corresponding volatility in equities escalates we examine trusts that offer excellent capital protection..
27 Feb 2018
Fund Analysis
A unique trust in the Asia Pacific sphere, aiming for long-term growth with a derivative overlay which allows stockpicking to drive returns...
27 Sep 2017
A risk aware route to the best that Asian equities have to offer
21 Mar 2017
Fund Analysis
21 Mar 2017
Eyes on the price...
As the reality of Donald Trump's administration settles in and market momentum continues to grow, we examine the case for emerging markets exposure...
About the Author
Pascal Dowling
Pascal is a partner at Kepler Partners LLP and launched Kepler Trust Intelligence when he joined Kepler in 2015. Prior to this he managed FE Trustnet, one of the UK's largest investment research websites, for ten years. In a former life Pascal was a financial journalist and he has written extensively about investment trusts and other investments for the trade and national press.