19 Aug 2019 12:12
London, UK, 19 August 2019
Edison issues review on Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (ALAI)
Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (ALAI) offers broad exposure to Latin America (both equities and government debt). It is managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments' (ASI's) well-resourced global emerging markets equities and emerging market debt teams. They are cautiously optimistic on the outlook for Latin America, believing the continued low interest-rate environment is supportive for corporate earnings growth and has the potential to stimulate investor demand for attractively valued assets in the region. ALAI has generated solid double-digit annualised NAV and share price total returns over the last three years, with particularly strong absolute and relative performance in the last 12 months. The fund offers an attractive 4.9% dividend yield.
ALAI's current 14.0% share price discount to cum-income NAV compares with the 12.2% to 14.1% range of average discounts over the last one, three and five years. The board has maintained the fund's dividend at 3.5p per share for the last three financial years (current yield of 4.9%). Gearing of up to 20% of NAV is permitted; net gearing was 11.3% at end-June 2019.
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