I have a small, helpful suggestion for all of you who manage investment decisions for family offices, charities and rich individuals: the next time your highly paid, immaculately coiffured investment manager presents you with a sorry and lamentable series...

Kira Nickerson on the risks investors need to consider when entering passive funds.

Caroline Gorman & Paul McNamara from Julius Baer say growth in emerging markets is outstripping growth in the developed world.

Standard & Poor's Mike McGlone says the development of the company's commodities index has helped the asset class grow in popularity.

BDO's Neil Fung-On says investment managers are failing to address the risks associated with the Alternative Investment Fund Manager's directive.

Smaller companies may outperform for a multi-year period, says Gartmore's Gervais Williams.

The lost decade for equity investors has exercised the minds of many in the industry and should, arguably, be raising a red warning flag for those new to investing.

The Conjecture panel discuss opportunities to be found in DPJ-run Japan

James Saunders Watson of J.P. Morgan Asset Management says ETFs are in vogue, but investment trusts have stood the test of time.

Justin Urquhart Stewart and Tom Sheridan discuss their main concerns going into 2010