Peter Elston has taken on the newly-created role of head of Asia Pacific strategy and asset allocation on Hugh Young's Singapore-based team.
Stocks in Asia rallied overnight as reports of slowing Chinese growth increased speculation the government would act to ease lending curbs and avoid a hard landing.
Former BlackRock analyst Burstow to run new Global Mining offering for Barings, with mandate to invest in mining equities across cap scale.
As income-producing stocks struggle to make total returns, Steven Andrew uses his fund's ability to invest in bonds to outperform his peers.
Asian markets were boosted overnight by speculation the Chinese government is poised to begin loosening its monetary policy in response to the impacts of the eurozone debt crisis.
Fund launches reached a decade low last year as groups held back new products in the face of market volatility.