Australia

Investec Asset Management, which runs more than $5.3bn in active currency funds, is retaining its short position on the Australian dollar as the country faces its first hung parliament since the Second World War.

Schroders' Matthew Dobbs has taken his fund's Singapore weighting from 10% to 20% since May, as prices have become more attractive.

AGRICULTURE

Majedie Asset Management's Adam Parker is standing by a weighting in miners almost double the FTSE All Share despite Australia's proposed supertax on miners' profits hitting the sector.

Optimism on the economic recovery led by US retail data from March led most Asian stocks to gain slightly on Friday.

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.

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