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Barclays Wealth is reissuing its Emerging Market Optimiser (EMO), offering a six year term for the first time.

Sotiris Boutsis has assumed control of Fidelity's offshore Global Financial Services fund, replacing Tal Eloya.

IFAs are backing emerging market and Asian equities for the best returns in 2010, according to research by Henderson New Star.

China is to hold its economic growth target at 8% in 2010 despite the global downturn.

Investors have an average weighting of just 0.1% in emerging markets (EM) despite almost two thirds of IFAs considering it the best performing asset class, research suggests.

Iveagh Private Investment House, the Guinness family office, is to launch a new share class for the Iveagh Wealth fund to enable charities to invest in the fund at a reduced charge.

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A third (32%) of IFAs are putting their weight behind emerging markets to outperform next year, despite concerns about Dubai's debt problems.

Stock markets in Asia and across the emerging economies will be the stand-out performers next year, research by F&C Investments suggests.

The Bank of Japan has announced a number of measures to help tackle deflation and stimulate the economy.