Emerging Markets

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

NEPTUNE has upped its emerging markets range with the launch of Latin America and Asia Pacific funds.

STANLIB, the asset management arm of Standard Bank, has launched two African funds, which will initially be sold through multi-managers, hedge funds and high net worth investors.

WINTERTHUR has combined forces with Allianz Global Investors to launch the Winterthur Allianz RCM BRIC Stars fund, providing access to investment opportunities in the BRIC economies - Brazil, Russia, India and China - while maintaining a balanced exposure...

HSBC is launching two new emerging market debt funds managed by its specialist active asset management arm Halbis.

Investec Asset Management has launched a Global Emerging Markets Debt fund.

MARK Mobius' £2.1bn Templeton Emerging Markets investment trust is to give its shareholders the option to convert up to 25pc of their existing ordinary shares into redeemable tracker stock units.

The launch of three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) could mark the start of a major expansion of the ETF market, says the London Stock Exchange.

PROGRESSIVE Developing Markets is to launch a fund investing in smaller emerging economies such as Jamaica, Vietnam and Slovenia.