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Tom Walker, manager of the Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust, discusses how the tragedy in Japan demonstrates just how small the world has become.

Guy Jubb, investment director, head of corporate governance at Standard Life Investments, looks at the impact of the Financial Reporting Council's Stewardship Code.

Elissa Bayer of Charles Stanley gives her top tips for stock selection during a testing time for markets

Investors have got over the wobbles of February. The ides of March were good for the bulls. The main investors and commentators are in love with risk again.

Back in 1994, amidst an ongoing fiscal crisis in Sweden and a ferocious bear market in government bonds, Christer Käck, at Skandia, was the biggest bond player in domestic Swedish bonds.

The Sunday Times recently carried an article about the risk of recession in Spain should the ECB raise rates. According to the quoted economist, a rate rise would be a policy mistake that could push Spain back into recession.

Inflation targeting is failing the UK economy. It is time for the coalition government to reassess it.

Swip Strategic bond managers Luke Hickmore and Roger Webb discuss the impact on the European sovereign debt crisis on their £68m fund, and how a flexible mandate has benefitted performance.