Square Mile removes two Matthews Asia ratings while Evenlode sees an upgrade

Four new ratings added

James Baxter-Derrington
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Square Mile Investment Consulting and Research has removed ratings from two Matthews Asia funds in response to news of lead manager Tiffany Hsiao's departure.

Both Matthews China Small Companies and Matthews Asia Small Companies funds have had their ratings removed in response to both Hsiao's departure and that of he two co-managers, YuanYuan Ji of the former and Beini Zhou of the latter, a development which Square Mile analysts described as "significant". Matthews Asia's Tiffany Hsiao leaves firm to 'pursue another opportunity' At the other end of the scale, TB Evenlode Global Income fund, managed by Ben Peters and Chris Elliott, has seen its rating upgraded from Positive Prospect to A, with analysts citing the fund's progress in developin...

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