Asia's major equity markets have fallen after data from China's services sector disappointed.
Prusik Investment Management co-founder Heather Manners has outlined three forward-looking Asian themes she expects to drive returns for her portfolio in 2014 and beyond.
Neptune CEO Robin Geffen is buying into the Japanese recovery led by Shinzo Abe, dismissing comparisons to earlier efforts to revitalise the country.
After Shinzo Abe took power late last year, Japan has been 2013's undisputed success story.
City Financial has unveiled a Japan fund for manager Peter Nicholas and re-shuffled its Asian equities desk as it continues to expand.
Anthony Bolton's successor Dale Nicholls has revealed how he plans to make his own impression on the Fidelity China Special Situations investment trust when he takes over on 1 April next year.
The Nikkei rose almost 3% to hit a six-month high overnight after comments in parliament by the Japanese finance minister on currency intervention.
Growth in Japan halved in the third quarter compared to the previous reading, the country's government reported overnight, with weaker consumption and exports pushing growth down.