Barings narrows portfolio focus to Southeast Asia

Baring Asset Management has converted its Pacific Fund to a portfolio that focuses on Southeast Asian markets.The Baring Asean Frontiers Fund will invest mainly in Southeast Asia, but will also have a small exposure to Greater China. The fund is the result of demand from BaringÆs clients for exposure to the opportunities available in the smaller and faster-growing markets in Asia.ôMore than a decade on from the Asian financial crisis of 1997, we believe AsiaÆs tigers are ready to poun…