Business Continuity Plan
Aberdeen Fund Distributors, LLC (AFD) is located in Philadelphia, PA and maintains
a business continuity plan (BCP) that leverages the BCP of our parent company, Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. (AAMI). AAMI and AFD’s BCP address both minor and major potential disruptions. The plan maintained by the Business Risk Department and is reviewed, tested and certified by senior AFD/AAMI management no less than annually.
In the event of a minor local disruption, AFD personnel can be reassigned to work remotely. Critical AFD personnel all maintain and test regularly, remote access credentials that allow employee access to main AFD systems from an internet connection anywhere.
In the event of a major disruption (i.e. regional power outage), AAMI and AFD also maintain redundant systems at an undisclosed remote facility. This facility is activated and tested on an annual basis. Upon notification of a major disruption, critical AFD personnel can be deployed to this remote facility (by car or bus) within hours of an event.
Customer accounts for investors in the Aberdeen Funds (the “Funds”) are serviced and maintained by the Fund’s transfer agent (“Transfer Agent”). AFD
reviews and requires the transfer agent to provide annual certification of the transfer agent’s BCP in connection with the transfer agent’s servicing of customer accounts. The Transfer Agent also maintains and tests redundant systems regularly and, in the event of a major business disruption, can activate these redundant systems and deploy key employees that service AFD accounts to multiple disaster recovery locations.
To obtain a detailed summary of AFD's Business Continuity Plan via US mail, please contact our shareholder services group. Contact information can be found under the “contact us” link at the bottom of any of our web pages.
Brian Ferko, Chief Compliance Officer
Aberdeen Fund Distributors, LLC