Emerging markets

Aberdeen Asset Management today said outflows from its business had slowed significantly following a sustained period of redemptions, with the group also seeing better than expected flows from recent acquisition SWIP.

The election victory of President Joko Widodo has created an investment opportunity in Indonesia, according to SooHai Lim, manager of the Barings ASEAN Frontiers fund.

Brazil faces increasing uncertainty in the run-up to its election following the death of opposition leader Eduardo Campos last month.

India is going to surprise investors by its pace of reform, and the best way to tap the change is through investments in steel, coal and autos, explains BlackRock's Andrew Swan.

Emerging markets still sensitive to US policy and currency moves

In the wake of Alibaba's market-busting IPO, Magdalene Miller from Standard Life Investments takes a look at the other internet-based companies in China battling it out.

With globalisation under pressure, Samy Chaar, strategist at Lombard Odier Investment Management, asks if a new mantra of regionalisation and non-dollar currency trading could become the norm

The net asset value of the Fidelity China Special Situations trust rose by 7% on Friday following Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba's record $25bn IPO.

Reform prevails in emerging economies

Fund boutique Alquity has launched a concentrated emerging market equity fund investing in stocks that meet its responsible investment criteria.