JO Hambro Capital Management has acquired a Singapore-based boutique with the view to launch two Asian equity retail funds by late September, subject to regulatory approval.
Asia-based boutique Atlantis Investment Management has made its $41m Asian fund accessible to UK and European investors with the addition of sterling and euro share classes.
Equity markets in South East Asia are trading at a one-year high, despite rising commodity prices and oil hitting $120 a barrel, said SooHai Lim at Barings.
Invesco Perpetual's Stuart Parks has warned Asian growth rates are poised to drop as central banks move to combat inflation.
Invesco Perpetual's Stuart Parks has moved his Asian fund more defensive in anticipation of a short-term ‘pause' in markets.
Thomas Kwan has joined Baring Asset Management's emerging markets team as head of Asian debt.
Invesco Perpetual's Stuart Parks has moved his Asian fund more defensively in anticipation of a short-term 'pause' in markets.