Flavia Cheong is the Head of Asia Pacific Equities at Aberdeen Standard Investments. She oversees the Asian equities team and regional portfolio construction. Before joining the firm in 1996, she was an economist with the Investment Company of the People’s Republic of China, and previously with the Development Bank of Singapore.
While there is more pain to come for the region due to the impact of Covid-19 on supply chains, fiscal and monetary policies as well as largely solid fundamentals should support Asian markets.