Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has launched the Skandia Asian Equity fund for high conviction asset manager MIR.
Jason Pidcock and Caroline Keen of the Newton Asia-Pacific equities team say the trend for dividend-paying Asian companies is continuing to evolve.
Tim Gibson is joining Henderson Global Investors as head of property equities for Asia on 1 March.
Ignis' Diamond Lee believes Asia will have a major inflation problem in the second half of the year, causing markets to become more risk averse.
Threadneedle's CIO Mark Burgess has reduced holdings in Asian and emerging markets in expectation of inflationary pressures, adding instead to European banking stocks and Japanese equities.
The Aberdeen multi-management team has begun to build up exposure to developed regions, with a skew towards UK equity funds.