Invesco Perpetual, Stuart Parks

Invesco Far East inc Japan manager is light on the latter region, pointing to better valuations elsewhere

Invesco Perpetual's Pacific including Japan fund is favouring the Asian region over Japan and Australia, keeping the Stuart Parks-led portfolio underweight the larger countries. Parks, as the head of Asian equities at Invesco Perpetual, is lead manager of the fund and runs the ex-Japan portion of the portfolio. He also takes the responsibility for asset allocation between Japan and the rest of the region. The Japan weighting, currently at 39%, is run by Tony Roberts, from the group's Japan team. According to Parks, the fund's current investment strategy is based around three important mac...