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Neptune has handed top performing manager Felix Wintle his second North American mandate, the US Max Alpha fund.

Investors could miss out on the best returns if they stay out of the Asian equity markets for too long says Barings.

New Star plans to close its troubled Heart of Africa fund.

New Star plans to close its troubled Heart of Africa fund due to liquidity issues.

Fidelity Global Special Situations fund manager Jorma Korhonen blames last autumn's financial crisis including the collapse of Lehman Brothers for his portfolio's significant underperformance.

Emerging markets guru Mark Mobius is becoming increasingly bullish on China, seeing it as best placed to lead Asia out of the recession.

Asia has the highest growth potential of all the global regions despite the its recent massive market correction, according to Standard and Poor's.

M&G is rolling out a Global Emerging Markets Equity fund with a focus on valuation over economic growth.

Barings has confirmed that it will part company with Japanese equity manager Joji Maki as part of a continuing process of relocating all of its developed markets equity team to London.

Advisers are shunning Japanese equities in favour of corporate bond funds despite Japanese smaller companies returning over 11% last month.