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Pulling out of Asia

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Foreign and Colonial Emerging Markets (London, England) is reducing its Asian investments. Of Foreign and Colonial Emerging Markets's $5 billion emerging markets portfolio, only $2 billion are in Asian assets. Foreign and Colonial Emerging Markets regional director Charles Brock explains the action by noting that Asian markets have been destroying value as their cost of capital has been exceeding their return on capital for years.

Mutual funds, Foreign and Colonial Emerging Markets

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The buyside begins

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An overview of Asia's top institutional investors and non-Asian institutional investors with major investments in Asia is presented. Profiles of the Philippines' Social Security System, Permodalan Nasional Bhd., Jamsostek, Thai Capital Management, Barclays Bank, the United Kingdom's Universities Superannuation Scheme

Commercial Banks, Commercial Banking, Pension, health, and welfare funds, Pension Funds & Benefit Plans, Pension Funds, Economic aspects, Investments, Malaysia, Asia, Philippines, Institutional investments, Barclays Bank PLC (Abu Dhabi), Permodalan Nasional Bhd., Philippines. Social Security System, United Kingdom. Universities Superannuation Scheme, Thai Capital Management

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Fading jewel in the crown

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Unit Trust of India mutual fund price is below the redemption price and holders are expected to redeem their investments, which could affect India's stock market, and foreign investors are losing interest in the troubled fund.

India, Unit Trust of India

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