Having benefited from a 20-year bull market, fixed income investors are now facing headwinds amid the debate surrounding the removal of global liquidity and the prospect of interest rates moving higher in the near-future.

The eurozone's two largest economies both performed worse than expected in the second quarter, raising fresh fears over economic stability in the currency bloc.

First State Investments' head of emerging markets debt Helene Williamson argues EM debt valuations have moved away from other fixed income markets, leaving it looking attractive.

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A BlackRock employee has left the group after being found to have avoided £43,000 in train fares over the past five years.

SW Mitchell Capital's Stuart Mitchell, manager of the SWMC European fund, highlights three investment themes he noted following meetings with management teams at European companies.