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).
Neptune's Robin Geffen has moved nearly half of his £950m Global Equity fund into US equities, his largest ever exposure to the region.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said the world's second largest economy can meet its growth target this year in an effort to allay concerns over recent economic data.