F&C's co-head of multi-manager Gary Potter - a self confessed bear on Japan for many years - said the country is turning around for the first time in two decades.
Stocks have room to rise, investors need to diversify across fixed income and seek yield globally and emerging markets deserve another look, is the advice to investors from J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
Emerging market specialist, Ashmore, has now listed its Turkish Debt and Brasil Equity Funds as Luxembourg SICAVs.
Company owners in emerging markets are still disadvantaged when it comes to creating global brands due to attitudes towards money management and wealth.