Emerging Markets

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.

The accelerator principle: Emerging markets could be viewed as increasingly shaky with the US economy set to slow. However, William Calvert, manager of the AXA Framlington Emerging Markets fund, argues that outperformance is far from over...

HSBC Investments has reopened its GIF BRIC fund after closing it to new investors in June last year.