Asia

ON ASSET ALLOCATION

Hugh Young, managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia, discusses inflation, the end of QE2, the problem with China equities and reveals his favourite markets in the region

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Invesco Perpetual and JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) have gone overweight Japan across a range of Asian and global mandates amid a rebound in the country's stock market.

Nervous markets were further soothed yesterday as Greek MPs passed a law to implement strict austerity measures in a second round of voting.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has announced plans to close five of its oeics, including two funds run by the group's head of European equities, Steven Maxwell.

ON ASIA

RWC Partners has expanded its convertibles range with a fund focusing specifically on the Asian region.

The FTSE 100 jumped 1.5% this morning, reversing the losses of yesterday afternoon's session.

Henderson's director of pan-Asian equities manager continues to back China, despite recent headwinds, in view inflation is manageable.