Asia

How emerging markets are more than just China

The FTSE 100 opened lower this morning, down 0.31% to 5,529, as miners saw falls across the board.

Philip Hunter, manager of the Old Mutual Asian Select fund, examines the topic of East versus West and revisits the decoupling question

The use of ETFs among Asian investors is likely to increase by up to 30% a year, in line with the expected growth rate for Europe, according to BlackRock.

Schroders CIO Alan Brown has urged investors to undertake a major rethink of their traditional asset allocation models after the credit crunch exposed the dangers of static portfolio construction.

Nikko Asset Management has listed the first ETF in Asia tracking the MSCI Japan index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

OMAM's Simon Murphy explains the differences between economic and market cycles and why they are both important to investors

The Asian ETF markets are expected to grow at a rapid rate over the next few years, with increasing appetite among institutions. However, education is needed and local markets require greater development as investors continue to buy from abroad. Charlotte...

IndexIQ has released an ETF providing exposure to the small capitalisation sector of publicly traded companies domiciled and primarily listed in Taiwan.

Friends Provident International (FPI) has reported strong Q1 results despite "the toughest economic back drop" in "fragile" Europe.