Emerging Markets

Emerging markets will outperform in the long term but investors need not rush into them as volatility will continue in the near term, according leading asset managers.

Fund managers have stressed their joint conviction that fundamentals for investing in India remain intact, despite inflationary pressures and stock market volatility.

Emerging markets have been badly hit by the global financial crisis, despite them not having the deleveraging problems of the developed world, according to Schroders' Allan Conway.

Cherry Reynard asks if political risk is always synonymous with emerging markets or if it is more the case that in the present climate of upheaval the economic risks of the developed markets present a greater danger for investors

Half of institutional investors in the UK plan to increase their investment exposure to the Gulf reg...

Industry experts remain cautiously optimistic on Russian equities, despite the suspension yesterday of the country's main stock exchanges amid significant share prices falls.

Mashreq Asset Management has launched Arab Tigers fund, which offers investors access to blue chip companies listed on the stock exchanges of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

RWC Partners has confirmed that its Asia Ascent fund will be launched on October 20.

Despite the S&P Latin American index having fallen by more than 30pc in the last three months, Will Landers, manager of the BlackRock Latin American investment trust, remains bullish on the region's prospects.

Africa has given a dramatically improved economic performance over the past two decades and is well positioned for this to continue, according to Julius Baer's Alexander Shalash.