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Matthew Williams
abrdn Fund Managers Limited, abrdn Investments Luxembourg S
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Manager profile
Matthew is a Senior Investment Director on the Global Emerging Markets (GEM) desk at abrdn, where he is responsible for the abrdn Emerging Markets Income Equity Fund and the Standard Life Emerging Markets Pension Fund. Matthew joined the company in 1998. He has successfully managed country funds in both Japan and Asia Pacific. He moved from the GEM and Asia Pacific team based in Edinburgh to the London based GEM Team in April 2018 following the restructuring of the equity division. Matthew holds a BA in Economics from Durham University in 1998 and a Diploma in Investment Analysis Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals (formerly AIIMR). He is also a CFA charterholder.
Total return for Matthew Williams
Manager career performance
Rolling Alpha Quartile: Discrete three year periods
Rolling Alpha Quartile shows a manager's alpha score in quartile terms, plotting his or her risk adjusted performance against all other managers in the UT & OEICs universe. The best managers are those who are consistently ranked in the first or second quartile.
 
Quartile 1
Quartile 2
Quartile 3
Quartile 4
 
 
 
 
 
82-118m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
94-130m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
106-142m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
118-154m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
130-166m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discrete calendar year performance : Matthew Williams

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
Matthew Williams 41.9 16.8 10.9 0.2 -11.8 20.4 2.0 2.6 2.1 20.7
Peer Group Composite 36.9 12.2 11.9 -0.9 -8.9 19.7 1.0 2.9 0.9 21.4
Over / Under 5.0 4.6 -1.0 1.1 -2.9 0.7 1.0 -0.3 1.2 -0.7
Performance vs peer group composite: Matthew Williams
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
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6 years
out of a possible 10
 
Overall markets
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Underperformed peer group composite
4 years
out of a possible 10
 
Rising markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
5 years
out of a possible 8
 
Falling markets
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1 year
out of a possible 2
Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
abrdn Emerging Markets Income Equity Lead manager IA Global Emerging Markets since May 31 2018 to present
abrdn Emerging Markets Income Equity Co-managed FO Equity - Emerging Markets since Mar 27 2024 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
abrdn Japan Trust since Dec 01 2006 to fund close
Abrdn Std SCV II Emerging Markets Focused Equity since Jun 01 2014 to May 12 2021
abrdn SICAV II Japanese Equities since Dec 31 2006 to Aug 31 2013
abrdn Emerging Markets Opportunities Equity since May 31 2018 to fund close
Standard Life Investments Asian Equities since Jun 01 2018 to fund close
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