Emerging markets

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The manager of the best performing fund over the last decade has revealed some of the stock picks which fuelled the 868% return it produced over that timeframe.

BlackRock has launched an Emerging Markets Absolute Return fund for managers Sam Vecht and Henry Wigan.

Strong inflows into Aberdeen Asset Management's emerging market debt and equity ranges have helped produce a 3% rise in the group's AUM in the three months to 31 December 2012.

Pictet Asset Management has launched an Emerging Corporate Bonds fund for recently appointed head of emerging credit Alain Nsiona Defise.

One of the industry's most widely followed strategists, Albert Edwards, has said depressed European equity markets are a once in a lifetime opportunity for investors following the savage sell-off in 2012.

Pioneer Investments is gearing up to add an Emerging Market Corporate Bond fund to its product range by the end of the month.

Aberdeen's head of emerging market debt expects emerging market currencies to be the key drivers of superior returns from the asset class in 2013.

After an event-filled 12 months, industry experts reveal how they are shaping their portfolios coming into 2013.

Emerging market stocks rose for the ninth day in a row today on increased investor confidence, driven by positive data from China and the US.