Global

Guido Stiel has joined the Allianz RCM BRIC Stars fund as director and senior portfolio manager of emerging markets.

Baring Asset Management has unveiled more details about its newly launched ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) Frontiers fund.

That the US has still not had a single negative quarter of growth, despite the two year collapse in house prices, is testament to policy makers' determined efforts to pre-emptively support the economy, according to Sarasin & Partners' Guy Monson.

Lyxor Asset Management and Gulf region financial institution Coast Investment and Development Company have launched a new exchange-traded fund focusing on Kuwait.

Fidelity plans to changes the name of its Managed International fund to Global Focus to more accurately reflect the manager's approach to investment.

Vijay Tohani is to leave First State Investments at the end of July, following eight years with the company.

Total market capitalisation for emerging markets will account for up to a third of global markets by 2018, according to Barings.

Advisers are reassessing their stance on Middle East and North Africa (MENA) funds after a period of strong performance in the region.

Skandia Investment Group is to launch three US equity funds into the UK market.

Investment opportunities in Africa have never been better, according to Investec's Roelof Horne.