New partner Bank of Baroda’s established infrastructure will help Pioneer’s ambitious expansion plans, reports Elisa Trovato

Asset allocation and diversification are central to the manager of managers concept which SEI is introducing in China, reports Elisa Trovato

The Asian market is growing fast but, asks Sebastian Dovey, how much of this new money is making its way into the wealth management sector?

Michel Longhini from BNP Paribas Private bank believes Asian investors to be very sophisticated, favouring a hands-on approach to wealth management. Elisa Trovato reports

Wealth managers are looking to benefit from the high levels of growth in emerging markets, but, as Peter Flavel, global head of private banking at Standard Chartered tells Peter Guest, success in Asian markets requires a very different strategy to those that bring success in the west

Asset managers are having to adapt their products to succeed in a competitive Asian market. Peter Guest talks to Amy Cho about how Pictet’s global theme funds are proving attractive to Asian investors

These are tough times for the Chinese fund industry. Foreign shareholders are faced not only with poorly performing markets, but distribution problems and cultural and political differences. But the rewards for those who persevere could be substantial, writes Henry Smith

Despite fears of a recession, Japanese corporate fundamentals are robust and Japanese equities provide a compelling developed-market investment

Despite huge growth in recent years there is still plenty of scope for expansion in the Indian mutual fund industry, writes Rekha Menon

Lim Meng Tat, head of redistribution Asia at Russell Investments, discusses the benefits of investing in manager

of manager funds and the challenges of promoting this approach to Asian investors

Most investors agree on what constitutes a developed market but the picture can become more hazy when it comes to emerging and frontier markets. Frontier markets carry higher levels of risk, but can also offer very high returns.

A key tool for investors to use as they approach the Frontier markets is a transparent and codified system for

country classification

As the second generation of Asian high net worth individuals takes the reins of the family money, focus shifts from creating to preserving wealth – and therefore diversification. But there are still many who prefer to play the markets themselves, writes Martin Steward

The structured products market in Asia has been one that lurches from one extreme to the other. But as investors’ education improves the hope is that the misconceptions that have built up can be overcome, reports Peter Guest

Getting fund managers to move towards common formats and increased

investment in infrastructure are vital for continued growth, writes Peter Guest