Can this tiny fund rival Newton Asian Income?

It has been several weeks since Jason Pidcock announced he is leaving his post as manager of the Newton Asian Income fund, after a decade at the helm, to set up a similar strategy for Jupiter later this year.

During that time, some investors may have been reconsidering their options for Asian income exposure - should they stay with Newton or move on elsewhere? Newton's fund has already suffered £350m outflows in May, shrinking to £4.1bn as some holders rushed for the exit following news of the manager's departure. A fund that may have hit fund buyers' radars is the Guinness Asian Equity Income fund, run by Edmund Harriss (pictured) and offering a historic yield of 4.1%. It remains tiny - assets have grown from $300,000 at launch in December 2013 to $1.2m today - but inflows have increas...