Shenzhen-HK Connect to be beneficial
Since the late summer of 2010, the MSCI China index has barely risen at all. However, such apparent placidity obscures how rough a ride the market has taken investors on writes Douglas Turnbull, manager of the Neptune China fund.
Fund managers reveal how they are navigating market uncertainty across the Asia region, and the stocks and sectors driving performance in their funds.
Some years ago, I wrote about our team's preference for maximum analytical flexibility as opposed to sector specialisation.
State-owned sector an issue
A rebound in commodity prices, a weaker dollar, a more dovish stance from the Federal Reserve, and an improving landscape in China all combined to give a number of emerging markets a new lease of life, writes Carmignac's Didier Saint-Georges.
At the start of the year, broad-based fears that an emergency step devaluation of the renminbi was needed to prevent China's economy undergoing a 'hard-landing' were weighing heavily on the country's stockmarket.
Maarten-Jan Bakkum, senior strategist, emerging markets at NN Investment Partners, explains how a small group of troubled countries is responsible for the deterioration of the average growth momentum in EMs.