FTAdviser latest:Invesco CIO expectant for Latin America

Latin America currently offers among the best small-cap valuations and is back at a discount after recent pullbacks, according to Invesco Perpetual's Bob Yerbury.

JP Morgan confirms plans for Brazil trust

JPMorgan Asset Management has confirmed plans to launch the UK's first Brazil investment trust, as it moves to complete its closed-end emerging markets fund range.

Barings hires Lampl as head of Latin America equity

Baring Asset Management (Barings) has appointed Roberto Lampl to the new senior role of head of Latin America equity.

Landers eyes domestic stocks

BlackRock's Will Landers, who runs the group's $6.8bn (£4.4bn) Latin American fund, is targeting domestic-focused Brazilian stocks, as he believes interest rates will remain low.

Consumer credit is one to watch in Latin America

Latin America could look to securitisation to help develop its longer-term consumer credit and domestic consumption story, according to BlackRock's Will Landers.

Blackrock promotes global emerging investing

Global emerging markets are becoming more of a core part of investment portfolios, according to Daniel Tubbs of BlackRock.

Invesco Perpetual's Newman urges mid-cap move

Latin American managers who are unable to invest enough in outperforming large caps to keep up with the index can now look to mid caps as an alternative, according to the manager of the Invesco Perpetual Latin American fund.

Managers look to Brazil for emerging market value

Brazil is emerging as the latest darling of emerging markets as leading managers are finding value opportunities beyond the usual infrastructure story.

BlackRock shuffles emerging market fund managers

BlackRock's lead manager on its Emerging Markets funds Plamen Monovski has left the company, resulting in a shuffle in the BGF and BFM emerging markets fund range.

Cavendish AM launches five new equity funds

Cavendish Asset Management has underscored its confidence in the stock market recovery with the launch of five new equity funds.

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