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Aberdeen's Donald Amstad says index funds expose investors to bad companies, with the risks more prevalent in emerging markets such as Asia. Vanguard sets out the opposing view.

Aberdeen’s Asia head of equity dealing notes the difficulty of managing numerous sales trading relationships in the region, and flags changes he’d like to see in other areas.

Aberdeen Asset Management notes interest from a US pension fund in its emerging market corporate bond strategy for the first time – and also tips more Japanese demand.

Fund managers are talking up opportunities in small-cap funds focused on Japan, but it’s a tough sell to European institutions burned by many false dawns.

If the nation’s shadow-banking system blows up, banks will foot the bill, its managers argue. But they see opportunity in HK-domiciled firms exposed to Greater China consumption.

The first to join will be Abdul Jalil Rasheed, who is leaving Aberdeen Asset Management Malaysia to run Invesco's Asean equity fund.