Thematic: Examining India and China funds

Click here to download fund data With all the talk of the investment opportunities India and China offer and the increasing number of funds being made available to UK investors, the sector remains tiny and information on available vehicles remains sketchy and difficult to access. Investment Week, along with Lipper, have pulled together data on the funds open to UK investors in this universe to examine how they have performed and which features the best returns.

India and China are much lauded as the boom economies of the world and the returns from funds directly invested in their markets are supportive of the investment case for the rising superpowers. However, UK investors wanting to tap into potential three-year growth of 200%-plus are limited to a choice of some 14 funds, only one of which is actually registered in the UK. According to data from Lipper, of the six funds that invest solely in the Chinese market and the eight that invest solely in India, CF Neptune China is the only product to boast a UK domicile. Of the others, eight are regis...