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Abrdn Asia Limited

Singapore, SingaporeSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 124509

Filed as 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.

23 years
registered since 2003
$40,270,606,757
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How 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 2A

See 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

$40,270,606,757 as of October 2026, filing dated October 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $39,816,227,494.Non-discretionary: $454,379,263.

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.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 1 Assets $398,437,873 (1%)
Investment companies
Clients 7 Assets $2,851,536,097 (7%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 91 Assets $24,934,566,193 (62%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $3,266,641,360 (8%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 9 Assets $4,249,648,273 (11%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 3 Assets $4,569,341,880 (11%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2 Assets $435,081 (0%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)

A 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))
Bank of New York Mellon - United KingdomCitibank - Hong KongJP Morgan Chase & Co - LuxembourgNorthern Trust - SingaporeState Street Bank & Trust - Hong Kong

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 11

1 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
$69.6B 2021 $73.9B 2022 $54.4B 2023 $48.7B 2024 $43.4B 2025 $40.3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$40,270,606,757165October 1, 2026
October 2025$43,380,096,142195June 25, 2025
October 2024$48,716,482,617207September 3, 2024
October 2023$54,353,496,995220September 11, 2023
October 2022$73,915,707,887228September 13, 2022
October 2021$69,586,154,928245July 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
  1. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 44 to 34.
  3. 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.I
aberdeeninvestments.comaberdeeninvestments.com/en-sg/investorbsky.app/profile/aberdeengroupplc.bsky.socialopen.spotify.com/show/3EiElFShUSG7vRg8vgdkN0

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Abrdn Asia Limited (CRD 124509): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/abrdn-asia-limited-singapore-124509