Equities

Aberdeen Asset Management is soft closing its £952m Emerging Markets fund to both retail and institutional investors.

European equity markets are currently trading on 12x earnings and remain attractive compared to global equity markets.

China has caught a lot of investors by surprise over the past 12 months.

Just as there is a two-speed Europe, it often seems, economically, Asia moves at two different speeds.

China is often viewed, perhaps justifiably, as an environmentally degraded smog-filled country.

Investor appetite for derivative-based products remains strong as the recent credit crisis has proven to have educated investors about product vulnerabilities and risks

Henderson Far East Income has consistently outperformed over current manager's tenure

Vast range of funds in IMA Specialist sector confirm diversity and reputation of their managers with performance figures over one year

Jubilee Financial Products (JFP) has expressed an interest in acquiring parts of structured product provider, NDFA, which went into administration yesterday.

The administrators of structured product providers NDFA and DRL say their priority is to confirm investor funds have been segregated from the firms' business accounts.