Asian equities

What factors will spur confidence in the Far East?

Two themes to think of in the Year of the Ox

What compelling opportunities are available?

Expands fund range available to European investors

Managers give their sector predictions for next year

Seven funds added

Caution pays – misconceptions do not

Major dividends being cut in developed markets

Asia was first into the coronavirus crisis, with China officially reporting cases in mid-January, but it is showing encouraging signs that it may be the first to emerge from it.

Asian equity markets have underperformed developed markets since around the taper tantrum in 2013, driven partly by monetary policy and tax cuts in the US and partly by investors’ caution on Asia.