JF invests in frontier markets in Asia

JF Asset Management has launched its JF Asia New Frontiers Fund, which will invest in markets in the region that are relatively small, not easily accessible, and make up less than 1% of regional benchmark indices.Initially, the fund will focus on Pakistan, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. JF plans to invest in these markets directly through their respective local bourses, American depositary receipts, global depositary receipts on foreign stock exchanges or participatory…