According to Pictet Asset Management, it is possible to identify slowly evolving tendencies - in demographics, the environment and society - that can be forecast with some confidence.
Pictet is launching a Luxembourg-domiciled long/short fund focusing on the Greater China region.
Pictet Funds is launching an environmental fund based on its thematic approach to investing.
Pictet Funds is to launch the Pictet High Dividend Selection fund, following on from the launch of a similar product in Japan in 2005.
Pictet Funds is rejecting subscriptions of over $1m (£689,000) into its flagship Emerging Local Currency
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Simon Lue-Fong, manager of Pictet's Emerging Local Currency Debt fund, has reduced his long duration bias in preparation for the end of emerging market bank's rate cutting cycle.