Investing in 2012: Asante on the best opportunities in emerging markets

In the third of our series of Citywire Selection interviews with fund managers in Edinburgh Matt Goodburn talks to Jonathan Asante, head of global emerging market equities at First State.

Asante has a Citywire A-rating for his investment record over the past three years. His First State Global Emerging Markets Leaders fund is a favourite of Citywire Selection and is the top performing fund in the global emerging markets sector over five years.

In this interview Asante talks about what constitutes risk in the emerging world and where he believes the best opportunities for long-term growth currently lie.

For more information on Citywire Selection, Asante, his fund and the global emerging markets sector click on the above links.

Previous videos in this series have been: 'Investing in 2012: views from the best in the business' and 'Harry Nimmo on the launch of his global fund'.