Baring ASEAN Frontiers fund set for July launch

The fund is a conversion of the group's existing Pacific fund, and will be focused primarily on South-East Asian Nations such as Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The fund is being launched in response to what Barings sees as increasing investor demand for access to a wider range of less economically developed but fast growing 'frontier' countries in the Pacific region. Co-fund manager, Lim, is very optimistic about the investment potential and believes that, with Baring's bottom-up stock selection process, the fund will be able to tap into some interesting growth stori...