Developing economies will drive the global upturn, despite fears of a hard landing in China and other emerging markets last year, says Michael Hasenstab at Franklin Templeton.
Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has launched a local currency emerging market debt fund in order to benefit from the long-term prospects for the asset class.
Castlestone's Arrash Zafari has added defensive positions to the recently launched Next 11 fund as investors become more concerned about equities over-heating in emerging markets.
The Somerset Emerging Dividend Growth fund was launched last year to offer investors a defensive play following a bull run in the emerging regions.
Threadneedle's chief investment officer Mark Burgess explains why he is selling down emerging market equities and moving from underweight to neutral on Japan.
China will overtake the US as the world's largest economy by 2018 as the global financial crisis propels the shift in economic power to emerging countries, says PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Threadneedle has appointed former Goldman Sachs executive director Irina Miklavchich as fund manager of its £129m Global Emerging Markets Equity fund.
UK companies must develop their presence in emerging markets or risk being left behind "in the slow lane of history", says PwC.