Emerging markets

Multi-managers at OPM Fund Management are targeting funds in emerging markets and energy sectors in the recently-launched Worldwide Opportunities fund.

JO Hambro Capital Management's newest offering, Global Emerging Markets Opportunities fund, will have a large-cap bias and adopt the top-down approach the managers used in their in their previous roles at Barings.

Emerging economies outstripping developed nations with the pace of their economic expansion must take more action to combat inflation or risk overheating, the influential World Bank has said.

Henderson Global Investors is set to unveil its EM currency portfolio, the Henderson Horizon Emerging Markets Currency fund, at the end of August.

Managers from HSBC, Aberdeen, Lazard and other top groups give us their views.

Mark Gordon-James, senior investment manager at Aberdeen, reveals his top five stockpicks in the EM smaller companies sector.

Simon Lue-Fong, head of global emerging debt at Pictet Asset Management, believes the asset class will outperform this year, driven by strong local currency appreciation.

Castlestone Management is looking to expand its range of equity mandates with the launch of a specialist frontier emerging markets fund, as well as a UCITS version of its Next 11 fund.

The Aberdeen Emerging Markets Smaller Companies trust will be overweight domestic growth stocks when it launches next month.

Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets Growth has shrunk by 15% following poor performance since the group announced plans to soft-close the fund.