India

Emerging Markets manager sees recovery ahead for Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Peru

This week's Conjecture panel debate the quick run-up experienced recently in emerging markets and the themes they will be following

As a country, Japan's rocky ride through the global downturn has led some commentators to question the country's future, while the long-term returns from the market have been variously disappointing or unimpressive for nearly two decades.

India is set to become a financial powerhouse within the next 15 years. By Nitin Jain, principal fund manager, Kotak Mahindra (UK) Ltd

Investment Week Conjecture

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is the world's third largest trading block with a GDP that has doubled since 1997

Despite its recent GDP growth while the developed world succumbed to recession, India is not a straightforward growth story.

After a memorable 2009, when emerging markets rose like a phoenix from the ashes of the economic downturn, Templeton's Mark Mobius forecasts the year ahead for the sector and the opportunities that can be found in the Chinese year of the tiger

Launched in February 2008, the £127m Jupiter India fund has significantly outperformed its peers in the IMA Specialist sector over the past year, up 100.4% to January 11, compared to the sector average of 40.4%.

With some justification, investors took an increasingly positive view of the prospects for most Asian markets last year.