Fidelity's Teera Chanpongsang is to hand over the group's onshore Emerging Asia fund on 1 November as he prepares to take over the £2.1bn South East Asia OEIC.
Martin Currie has appointed Michael Millar as an investment manager on its Asian equities team.
Cazenove's Marcus Brookes and Robin McDonald have bought back into commodities for the first time since the financial crisis, snapping up funds which have sold off sharply on the back of tumbling commodity prices.
Matthews Asia, the US-based Asia-only fund house, is set to make a further push into the UK market after three years of preparatory work.
Threadneedle has made five hires to its Asian equities team as it expands its on-the-ground presence in the region.
Martha Wang, manager of the £2.2bn Fidelity China Focus fund, is taking a career break, with Fidelity hiring BlackRock's Jing Ning to run its flagship China fund.
Legendary investor Jim Rogers has warned a 'hopelessly managed' India could experience a full-blown emerging markets crisis.