AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Abrdn Asia Limited
Abrdn Asia Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Singapore, Singapore, registered since 2003, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Abrdn Asia Limited compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Abrdn Asia Limited reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.
Where is Abrdn Asia Limited located?
Abrdn Asia Limited's principal office is in Singapore, Singapore, according to its Form ADV.
Is Abrdn Asia Limited registered with the SEC or a state?
Abrdn Asia Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 124509.
How much does Abrdn Asia Limited manage?
Abrdn Asia Limited reports $40,270,606,757 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026 (99% discretionary).
How have Abrdn Asia Limited's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Abrdn Asia Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $69,586,154,928 in the October 2021 data and $40,270,606,757 in the October 2026 data, down 42%. Total employees: 245 in October 2021 and 165 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Abrdn Asia Limited serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (91); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (9); investment companies (7).
Which custodians does Abrdn Asia Limited use?
Abrdn Asia Limited's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon - United Kingdom, Citibank - Hong Kong, JP Morgan Chase & Co - Luxembourg, Northern Trust - Singapore and State Street Bank & Trust - Hong Kong as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Abrdn Asia Limited report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/124509
What changed in Abrdn Asia Limited's recent Form ADV filings?
In the July 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
From the Form ADV filing
Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.
How the firm is compensated
Item 5.E- A percentage of assets under your management
- Performance-based fees
Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ
Fees and minimums
Form ADV Part 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$40,270,606,757 as of October 2026, filing dated October 1, 2026.
A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means
Who the firm serves
Item 5.DA firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.
Advisory services
Item 5.G- Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
- Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Also doing business as
- ABERDEEN
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2003 (23 years)
- Employees
- Total: 165. Performing investment advisory functions: 34.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
-
Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 111 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $40,270,606,757 | 165 | October 1, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $43,380,096,142 | 195 | June 25, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $48,716,482,617 | 207 | September 3, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $54,353,496,995 | 220 | September 11, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $73,915,707,887 | 228 | September 13, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $69,586,154,928 | 245 | July 5, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $69,586,154,928 in the October 2021 data and $40,270,606,757 in the October 2026 data, down 42%.
Total employees: 245 in October 2021 and 165 in October 2026.
As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- July 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 44 to 34.
- February 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.
Websites listed on Form ADV
Item 1.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Abrdn Asia Limited (CRD 124509): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/abrdn-asia-limited-singapore-124509