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Allianz Global Investors is to launch a Brazil fund, the UK's first actively-managed onshore Oeic focused on the country.

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Martin Currie has poached Swip's head of global emerging market equities Kim Catechis and investment director Alistair Reynolds.

Anthony Bolton has taken out a £65m gearing facility on his Fidelity China Special Situations trust as the manager wastes no time in accessing the region's equity markets.

Investec's Eerdmans wants to address risk/reward profile of emerging market debt

Emerging markets guru Mark Mobius says he continues to be bullish on the long-term prospects in Thailand despite the violence engulfing the country in recent weeks.

Will Calvert, manager of Axa IM's Emerging Markets fund, says investors should no longer perceive emerging regions as pure commodity plays.