Emerging markets

AXA Investment Managers has launched an investment strategy allocating to small- and mid-cap Chinese A-shares in an effort gain exposure to an untapped area of the market.

Richard Titherington, chief investment officer emerging market equities at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, takes a closer look at the benefits of dividend-paying stocks as investors struggle in a challenging environment

Dale Nicholls, portfolio manager of the Fidelity China Special Situations fund, explains why the fixation on China's headline growth figures needs to stop in order to focus on the country's reform agenda and e-commerce opportunities like Alibaba

Former Ignis manager Diamond Lee is to take the reins of the $100m Old Mutual Greater China Equity fund.

Mike Gush has been promoted to co-manager on Baillie Gifford's Emerging Markets Growth fund alongside Richard Sneller.

Lyxor Asset Management and Capricorn Capital have launched a long/short global emerging markets fund as the French asset manager expands its alternatives capabilities.

Assets under management at emerging market specialist Ashmore fell nearly 11% during the last quarter of 2014 as a fresh market sell-off weighed on its funds.

First State is planning to merge away Jonathan Asante's offshore Global Emerging Markets Select fund, saying it is "increasingly difficult" to run a concentrated large-cap EM portfolio.

Vladimir Putin has said Russia could take as long as two years to recover from its burgeoning economic crisis.

Frontier market indicies had a reshuffle this year as UAE and Qatar ascended to emerging market. VAM Funds' Chad Cleaver explains why Vietnam and Sri Lanka are now the leading lights of the sector.