Emerging markets

Baring Asset Management has appointed Roberto Lampl to the newly created role of head of Latin America equity.

J O Hambro Capital Management has recruited Emery Brewer and Ivo St. Kovachev to launch its Global Emerging Markets fund.

A mid-cycle correction, which we anticipated for Q2 2010, may have already started and there is good reason for us to advise a more cautious approach within the Pacific Basin.

Thesis Asset Management's Michael Lally is planning to add emerging market and mortgage-backed debt to his £13.7m Optima Bond fund.

Ignis' Pacific Growth manager navigates potential inflationary issues arising in China by shifting weighting into domestic space.

Caroline Gorman & Paul McNamara from Julius Baer say growth in emerging markets is outstripping growth in the developed world.

First State has increased the annual management charge on its £546m Global Emerging Markets fund.

HSBC Global Asset Management is to launch a pair of ETFs tracking emerging market indices.

Fidelity's Nick Price on how best to invest in South Africa as it comes under the World Cup spotlight.

The first-hand experience of those running manufacturing companies in China is a valuable guide to the outlook for the world's fastest-growing economy and, indeed, the region as a whole.