HSBC and Cavendish highlight opportunities in Brazil and Far East at Investment Week's Global Emerging Markets focus in London.

Last week, the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England produced its first Report.

At any point in time, the engine of economic growth depends on the strength of the four cylinders on which it is driven; the household sector, the banking sector, the government and the non-financial corporate sector.

Robert Royle, fund manager of Smith & Williamson North American Trust, looks at how social network sites are linking investors in to exciting new opportunities.

Equity and other financial markets have gone through periods of stress, but Neil Jamieson of ETF Securities, says sterling investors could have used FX as a protection strategy.

Stephen Peters, investment trust analyst at Charles Stanley, says unjustifiably arrogant trusts are not helping the wider sector ‘survive and thrive' in the face of increasing competition.

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