Mike Kerley, manager of the Henderson Far East Income trust, explains why Asia could hold the answer for struggling yield hunters.
If you want to use investment trusts to invest for income, fast growing Asian tigers have not traditionally been the markets to choose. However, despite the economic slowdown, over last 12 months Asia has become one of the places we turn to find a yield. Companies and markets there are maturing, meaning cash flow can be returned to shareholders. Western economies are mired in debt and crisis, but doom and gloom surrounding Asia, and China especially, is largely the result of sentiment rather than fact. Indeed, the hysteria has been dramatic enough to send markets plummeting. Opinion is h...
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