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