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Infrastructure and agriculture in Asia are two of the major investment themes favoured by David Urquhart, manager of the recently launched Fidelity Asian Aggressive fund.

New Europe is set for a sustainable period of solid growth driven by commodities, consumption and construction, according to JPMorgan.

Baillie Gifford has launched Emerging Markets Bond fund, with an initial target gross yield in excess of 7pc per annum.

Schroders has unveiled its Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS Global Emerging Market Equity Commodity fund, billed as giving investors exposure to some of the world's fastest growing and most important commodity stocks.

The US large cap sector will see improvements and stronger returns in the coming years, compared to small caps and bonds, according to SPA ETF.

Despite the belief amongst many investors that some emerging markets will generate greater returns than developed markets, most remain underweight in the sector, according to research undertaken by New Star.

Asian investment specialist Lloyd George Management has launched LG Asian Green fund, a Dublin-listed UCITS III fund focusing on attempts across Asia to take a more active stance on environmental issues.

RWC Partners (formally MPC Investors) has recruited Carmel Peters and Kirsty McLaren from Sofaer Capital, ahead of the launch of its new RWC Asia Ascent fund.

BlackRock has come to market with the BGF China fund, an equity vehicle to be co-managed by Hong Kong-based Jing Ning and Alan Wang.

Schroders has appointed Rami Sidani as head of Middle East & North Africa (MENA) portfolio management, and co-manager of its $592m ISF Middle East fund.