Emerging markets hit rock bottom

By Ruth Alexander Japanese and smaller companies unit trusts are topping the three year performance tables to 9 January. Three Japanese funds make it into the top 10 including the Invesco Japanese Small Companies fund, ranked second overall out of 1,267 unit trusts which post three year track records, returning 200% over the three year period. A fourth fund which invests in this equity market, Invesco Japan Growth, is listed in 24 position. Although the Japanese unit trusts have all returned more than 170% cumulatively over the past three years, over the one-year period to 9 January...