Colin Ng, head of Asian equities at Barings, has left the group to pursue other opportunities.
Liontrust Asset Management has closed its Dublin-domiciled Emerging Markets Opportunities fund and fund managers Eoghan Flanagan and James Mellersh are set to leave the firm.
Chinese equities have slumped to a three and a half year low, amid concerns additional monetary easing stimulus will be shelved as property prices in the region soared to a fourteen month high.
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has named Raymond Ma (pictured) as lead manager on the group's offshore $391m Greater China fund.
After building up a $5bn emerging markets strategy at Barings, James Syme and Paul Wimborne left in February 2011 to join boutique fund manager JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM).