Top picks: how to build your Asia exposure

SECTOR REPORT

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Ken Rayner, investment director of Rayner Spencer Mills, reveals his top Asia excl. Japan funds.

The Asia Pacific excluding Japan sector comprises funds which invest at least 80% of their assets in Asia Pacific equities and exclude Japanese securities. Exposure to Asia allows an investor access to one of the fastest growing sectors in the world with the potential for some of the strongest returns. The funds we suggest will seek to benefit from this growth in a number of regional and global sources. Domestic demand within the region has continued to grow strongly. Macro picture Asian markets continue to be influenced by economic news from overseas, particularly the eurozone, ...

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