IFAs forecast Global Emerging Markets will top 2011

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IFAs think Global Emerging Markets will be the top performing IMA sector in 2011 - a year which will see equities trump bonds.

In a Fidelity survey of more than 600 IFAs, 78% expect equities to be the stand-out performer this year, with emerging markets continuing to attract strong interest. Only 3% favour bonds amid escalating inflation worries. More than a third of IFAs (34%) think the Global Emerging Markets sector will be the year's best performer, whilst 13% expect Asia Pacific ex Japan to top the leader board. Fidelity Emerging Market fund manager Nick Price says the GEM sector's fundamentals remain attractive. "The secular drivers of emerging markets remains intact: attractive demographics, competit...

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