City Financial is to launch an Asian macro fund in the first quarter of 2014 to be managed by Geoffrey Barker in a joint venture with the group’s Hong Kong subsidiary.
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Morningstar most-searched funds includes EM
Two emerging market funds appear in the list of the top ten funds most searched for by Morningstar.co.uk, as sentiment towards the sector shifts.
Fidelity offers quid pro quo deal for fund groups
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has unveiled details of a new fund partnership programme, Access, which will see it deliver a new range of services for its fund partners in return for the best terms.
Gem and global equity outflows hit Aberdeen aum
Assets under management at Aberdeen Asset Management dipped 3.8% in the third quarter of the year after the group saw outflows from its equity range, particularly its emerging market franchise.
Keeping tabs on fund managers just got easier
Is it possible to impose science on the very human art of fund management? It is tempting to believe the skill of the best fund managers cannot be quantified, or indeed replicated, but a new technology system aims to do just that.
JP Morgan continues fund rationalisation globally
JP Morgan Asset Management plans to rationalise its US and Asian fund ranges in 2014 in a similar exercise to that undertaken for its European range.
Emerging markets cheap or a value trap
In the recent BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager survey, a net 36% of the respondents said that global emerging markets are the most undervalued of all markets, the strongest reading since 2004.
Aberdeen plans to swap All Asia for Japan
Aberdeen is proposing to change the mandate on its Aberdeen All Asia investment trust to focus exclusively on Japan.
Schroder launches lux version of Asian maximiser
Schroders has launched a Luxembourg version of its UK-domiciled Asian Dividend Maximiser fund.
