Fidelity to launch high conviction Asia Pacific fund

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Fidelity Worldwide Investments is preparing to launch a high conviction Asian equities fund for Anthony Srom.

The Asia Pacific Opportunities fund will be run as a concentrated portfolio of 25-35 holdings, and will aim to outperform the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan index.     It will invest across all major Asia Pacific markets including Australia and New Zealand, with the manager adopting a style neutral approach. Srom has been running the fund as a paper portfolio for two years, during which time it has beaten its benchmark, and it is now slated for launch on 24 September. Srom joined Fidelity International from Deutsche Bank in 2006 as an investment analyst, and now manages the Fidelity...

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