MSCI

Allianz Global Investors is to launch a Brazil fund, the UK's first actively-managed onshore Oeic focused on the country.

GLG Partners' Ben Funnell has boosted tech exposure on the GLG Performance fund in the view the next expenditure cycle in IT is overdue.

J.P. Morgan has raised £46.7m for its Brazil investment trust, the first UK closed-ended company focused on the Latin American country.

TECHNOLOGY

WATER

Tony Lanning, head of multi-manager at Gartmore, explains the thinking behind the group's MultiManager Absolute Return fund range

JAPAN ANALYSIS

Barings' SooHai Lim believes ongoing political unrest in Thailand could create attractive opportunities for investors.

The £156m Pacific Assets Trust reported a 56.8% rise in NAV, for the year ending 31 January 2010.

Baring Asset Management's new Middle East and North Africa (Mena) fund has officially launched after raising $8m in its two week initial offer period.