Asia

Barings' SooHai Lim believes ongoing political unrest in Thailand could create attractive opportunities for investors.

Schroders plans to launch an Asian version of its top-performing Income Maximiser fund.

Invesco Perpetual has renamed its £1.21bn International Equity product as the Global Equity fund in a bid to bring improved clarity and consistency for investors.

New data on US consumer credit from the Federal Reserve revealed a downturn in February and added to the downward pressure on the Asian stock markets on Thursday.

The panel discusses the recession vs recovery debate and how the developed world and emerging markets are affected by the crisis

Martin Currie is to hire a new manager for its $255m Asia Pacific Sicav to work alongside Jason McCay and Richard Evans.

Patience and stockpicking key to taking advantage of inefficiency.

The Aberdeen Asian Income fund has confirmed a total dividend increase of over 5% and says payments will be made quarterly from this year.

Trust is to diversify away from concentrated UK sectors after 90% of investors voted to allocate non-UK companies

Asian convertibles may not be a traditional option for UK investors but they could be the best way to play Asia in the likely volatile markets of 2010, writes Kurt Fisch