Emerging markets

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.

The Bank of England is planning to put the emerging market exposure of UK banks under scrutiny in the next round of stress tests.

Nordea's Jorry Noddekaer is seeing an increasing number of investment opportunities in private Chinese companies, as the country's new leadership sparks a change in outlook.

Emerging markets are on the cusp of a fourth wave of reform, and this will matter more than any monetary or fiscal policy changes ever would, explains RBC's Richard Farrell.

The dearth of value opportunities in Western equity markets alongside a host of other issues leaves emerging market equities as the last man standing. Should income seekers change their focus?

Mark Williams, manager of the Liontrust Asia Income fund, highlights how far India has come over the past year and why, despite its strength, better opportunities may exist elsewhere in Asia in 2015.

The Bank of Russia has taken steps to halt the collapse of the rouble, as the currency continues to hit new record lows against the US dollar and the euro on falling oil prices.

Spotlight on: Asia’s banking sector