Mark Mobius

Thailand has been gripped by political unrest since last November, with its stock market enduring a tumultuous ride over the last seven months, but which funds have maintained their overweights, and how have they fared?

BIG INTERVIEW

After a year of debate on a hard versus soft landing in China, leading investors in emerging market equities give their outlooks for 2013 as it appears China's economy has settled into a slower pace of growth.

Emerging market corporates' interest in global brands can be a "real positive" for European companies now trading at takeover valuations, according to Franklin Templeton's Mark Mobius.

Fears Chinese government's stimulus plans are not enough leave managers waiting on the sidelines.

CHINA

China bull Mark Mobius, manager of the £10bn Templeton Asian Growth fund, said the country need not fear a hard or soft landing as the authorities will step in once more to manage economic growth.

Europe can learn some important lessons from the historical development of emerging economies as it attempts to resolve its sovereign debt crisis, Franklin Templeton's Mark Mobius has said.

Franklin Templeton's Mark Mobius said investors should expect an increasing number of market crises as information flows increase and Western growth grinds to a halt.

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