Global

Paul Brain plans to increase his allocation to developed market sovereign debt in his Newton Global Dynamic Bond fund from 5% to 30% over the next few months.

River and Mercantile (R&M) launches its Global High Income fund this week for manager Alex O'Reilly.

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford is one of a trio of highly regarded managers appointed to run balanced managed unit trusts for St. James's Place.

First State Investments has added a Global Agribusiness fund to its Dublin-domiciled range.

A lack of timely and equitable release of corporate information in emerging markets has prompted James Thomson to veto trades on exchanges in India, China and Russia.

China-focused funds keep on coming with some advocating an IMA China sector

ON ASIA

Casson's Latin American fund reports consistently strong returns over past 12 months

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

Barings' SooHai Lim believes ongoing political unrest in Thailand could create attractive opportunities for investors.