Henderson to review 'lacklustre' emerging market range

Henderson Global Investors is seeking to revamp its "lacklustre" emerging markets range, with plans to strengthen the team and launch additional mandates.

Currently, the emerging markets team is headed up by Chris Palmer, who runs both the £152m Henderson Emerging Markets Opportunities fund and its offshore equivalent. Head of equities Graham Kitchen (pictured), said the emerging markets desk is an area of focus for the group.  “General emerging markets has been lacklustre and is something we are looking to improve. It is one area which has not performed as well as it should have done,” he said. As emerging markets products become increasingly mainstream, Kitchen said there is potential to develop more offerings in future if the grou...