Asia

Clive Beagles has steered the JOHCM UK Equity Income fund to outperformance over one, three and five years.

VIEW FROM JAPAN

Henderson's Michael Wood-Martin discusses the impact of the Japanese earthquake on equity markets and explains how recent spikes in trading volumes provide some good news from a market perspective.

Updated: Global stock markets fell sharply on Tuesday as investor panic spreads following a third explosion at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Jupiter's John Chatfeild-Roberts upped exposure to Japan in his £6bn Merlin multi-manager range in February with the addition of the GLG Japan CoreAlpha fund.

Updated 9:45am: The FTSE suffered triple-digit losses in Tuesday trade after a third explosion rocked Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, raising fresh radiation fears and sparking a 1,000-point plunge on the country's Nikkei index.

Japan's Topix index posted its worst two-day results since the crash of 1987, as shares continued to sink.

Global insurance company share prices tumbled last night as concerns mounted about the cost of rebuilding Japan following Friday's earthquake and the resulting tsunami.

Fund managers warn Japan could take a short-term hit to GDP following last week's earthquake and tsunami, but they are less concerned about the longer-term impact on the country's fragile economic recovery.

Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has launched the Skandia Asian Equity fund for high conviction asset manager MIR.