Associated equity: Invesco Asia Dragon Trust
Invesco Asia Dragon Trust’s objective is to provide long-term capital growth by investing in a diversified portfolio of Asian companies. On 1 May 2015, the trust adopted a new benchmark, MSCI AC Asia exJapan, in place of the former benchmark, MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex-Japan. While the benchmark excludes Australasia, the trust may still invest in these markets.
Invesco Asia Dragon Trust — 3 videos in collection
In this episode, our director of content, investment trusts Milosz Papst talks about Invesco Asia Dragon Trust, which was recently created following the merger of Invesco Asia Trust with Asia Dragon Trust. He outlines the key benefits to shareholders of the enlarged entity, which retained the successful investment strategy of Invesco Asia Trust. He discusses the trust’s bottom-up, valuation-aware investment approach focused on sustainable business models and attractive valuations. He explains the deep research capability of Invesco’s Asia and emerging markets team. He also outlines the shareholder-friendly measures introduced in conjunction with the merger, including quarterly dividend payments and an unconditional tender every three years. He concludes by summarising the market view of IAD’s managers.
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