Martin Currie offshore Asia Pacific fund to use DSM stock screening

Martin Currie is to offer an offshore version of its top decile Asia Pacific fund early next year. Part of the Global Fund range and managed by Jason McCay and Richard Evans, who also run the Oeic version, the fund will invest in Asian and Pacific markets, excluding Japan. Launching in March, it will seek above- average returns on a rolling three- and five-year basis with a target tracking error of between 6% and 9% a year. McCay, who also heads up Martin Currie's Asia Pacific and global emerging markets team, will adopt a flexible and pragmatic investment approach together with Evans, w...