Emerging markets

A new dawn? One year on from Modi's win

Chinese funds saw the largest weekly inflows since 2008 this week, with hot money flowing into Chinese A-shares ETFs, before the 6.5% correction seen in the market yesterday.

The upgrade of two major frontier markets to emerging market status led to a significant increase in turnover for the HSBC Frontier Markets fund last year.

Chinese mainland shares have plummeted 6.5% as investors took profits, as a fresh squeeze on margin financing was blamed for the latest blip in the country's fierce equity rally.

Jade Fu, investment manager at Heartwood Investment Management, analyses the public and private debt balances of Asian economies, and how they impact investors in the region

Stuart Parks, head of Asian equities at Invesco Perpetual, explains why despite China's strong equity market gains in recent months, investors may be too optimistic on other Asian countries

The final chapter in the series from Standard Life Investments looks at current opportunities to be found in emerging markets.

Newton Global Emerging Markets

African financials are looking attractive despite the continent's wider corruption troubles, according to Old Mutual Investment Group's Cavan Osborne.

Fund buyers are debating whether to sell out of the £4.4bn Newton Asian Income fund following the departure of Jason Pidcock, while asking if he can replicate his success at Jupiter.