India

Barings is to add to its Asian equity fund range with an Indian product for recent hire Ajay Argal.

Manish Sonthalia, portfolio manager of the Gemini MOSt India fund, discusses the headwinds affecting the country's investment climate and reveals the positive signs of life.

Having spent a large part of my formative teenage years living in India, I now find myself resident again.

Gemini Investments is holding a four date roadshow around the UK next month showcasing five of its boutique investment partners, with events chaired by Investment Week's editorial director Lawrence Gosling.

Prime minister David Cameron has appealed for Britain to emulate the optimism seen in emerging economies such as China and India instead of being overwhelmed by the onslaught of negative data.

ON EMERGING MARKETS

Noel O'Halloran, head of the team that manages the Insynergy New World Equity Income fund, is anticipating interest rate cuts in major emerging markets as the economic cycle begins to turn.

India has faced a number of headwinds this year but the country still offers plenty of investment potential, writes Nitin Jain, principal fund manager at Kotak Mahindra (UK).

Ajay Argal is to join Barings as head of Indian equities, based in Hong Kong.

Income sector heavyweights return to form after paying the price for anti-cyclical stance.