The app allows investors to track Barings’ fund prices, covering a range of Asia Pacific, EMEA, fixed income, global emerging markets, European and multi-asset vehicles. Users can filter funds by geographical and currency preferences, and can access information on individual funds such as fund charges and minimum investment requirements.

“The success of our iPhone app confirmed that our clients both want and need timely and relevant information on their investments, so it seemed sensible to roll this function out to a wider audience,” said Ian Pascal, Barings’ head of marketing and communications.

The proliferation of smart device apps within financial services can have escaped no-one; institutions are increasingly making such capabilties available to both clients and staff to enable them to access information such as portfolio valuations on the move. Although many within the private client wealth management space are naturally concerned about data security, technology experts have told this publication that apps can actually be made very safe indeed – and in fact more secure than some legacy platforms.