Emerging Markets

TOP fund pickers and advisers have urged caution when investing in Middle-Eastern and North African (MENA) funds.

BARCLAYS Wealth has responded to investor demand by reissuing its Emerging Markets Optimiser with the same investment terms.

THE Melchior Indian Opportunities Fund (MIOF) has been remodeled as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Melchior Selected Trust, Dalton Strategic Partnership's (DSP) flagship offshore fund range, to increase its availability to investors.

NEW Star has confirmed its partnership with TATA Asset Management in anticipation of an Indian equity fund launch this quarter.

Investment growth in Mena - the Middle East and North Africa region - is developing at a tremendous pace. Sarah Godfrey catches up with SG Mena fund manager Mark Krombas to learn about his strategy for targeting this fast-growing region

VIENNA-based Raiffeisen Capital Management (RCM) has launched the Raiffeisen-Emerging ASEAN-Equities fund in the UK and Jersey.

STANLIB's Standard Africa Equity fund has attracted over $250m of investment since launch on August 15, 2007.

Raiffeisen Capital Management, the asset management arm of Austria's RZB banking group, is looking to add sterling share classes to its range of eight European bond and equity Ucits III funds.

BY focusing on Russia, China and India, many investors are overlooking a number of smaller 'up and coming' emerging markets, according to Gregor Holek, of Raiffeisen Capital Management's (RCM) Emerging Markets Equities team.

Sarah Godfrey looks at how Austin Forey and his team have steered the JPMorgan Emerging Markets fund towards returns of over 300% in the last five years