Martin Currie

Former SWIP portfolio manager Divya Mathur will head up Martin Currie's forthcoming India fund, which is likely to come to market next year when there is sufficient investor appetite for the product.

Martin Currie is to launch a global emerging markets fund as it moves the rest of its SICAV range to UCITS IV.

Richard Evans, co-manager of the £204m Martin Currie Asia Pacific fund, will leave the firm and the fund management industry at the end of September.

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Lacklustre performance lands both Tom Walker's funds in Chelsea Financial Services' infamous Relegation Zone.

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Martin Currie is changing the investment focus of its Securities Trust of Scotland from UK to global equities, with Alan Porter taking over as lead fund manager from Ross Watson.

The former head of global emerging markets at Martin Currie, Dariusz Sliwinski, has joined Midmar Capital.

Martin Currie's Andrew Graham is to reduce the £135m Pacific trust's Japan exposure when he takes the helm in July.

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