Fund of the week: A superior way to bet on Asia

Europe may be in a mess, with debt piling up across the continent. But the same can't be said of Asia. This fund aims for capital growth by investing in Asia's emerging markets.

Europe may be in a mess, with debt piling up across the continent. But the same can't be said of Asia. A large part of the region has sound financial systems and "balance sheets are strong at governmental, corporate and personal levels", says Meera Patel of Hargreaves Lansdown.

So this week's fund is the Aberdeen Asia Pacific Fund, which has been run by Hugh Young since its launch in 2006. Young joined Aberdeen's Asian equities department in 1985 and co-founded the Singapore-based Aberdeen Asia in 1992. So he has plenty of experience in the region.

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