Asia Pac ex Japan: What the papers say

Money Week, Asia correspondent, Cris Sholto Heaton, 27 August 2009

"Initially, the rapid rebound in Asia Pacific ex Japan was the result of investors returning to riskier assets after the panic of late 2008-early 2009. But in the last couple of months, its strong performance has been driven by recognition of Asia’s superior short-term growth prospects. The region is exiting recession faster than the rest of the world."

Fund Strategy, senior staff writer, Tomas Hirst, 27 August 2009

"While the rest of the world has laboured under the continuing pressures of the credit squeeze and collapse of global demand, China’s industrial production rose 7.5 per cent year-to-date and retail sales for July rose 15.2 per cent on an annualised basis. The key question now is whether a flood of capital from developed markets could inflate Asian stocks to a level where investors perceive a bubble emerging."

The Independent, Rob Griffin, 29 August 2009

"The difficulties of investing in such an environment can be seen from the performance of the IMA Japan sector over the past decade in which the average fund has lost 27 per cent. In contrast, the average Asia Pacific excluding Japan is up 121 per cent."

Investors Chronicle, Maike Currie, 1 September 2009

"Newton Asian Income is one of a very small number of funds in the Asia ex-Japan space to target income, as well as growth. Although the yield has fallen from its November 2008 peak, it's still a very healthy 5.4 per cent."

Investment Week, James Redgrave, senior asset management correspondent, 2 September 2009

"The Asia Pacific sector’s most obvious source of appeal is the vast government spending program in China, aimed at combating recession. In fact I believe a lot of interest in these funds can be read as a desire for exposure to China."

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