Darren Ruane, head of fixed income, Investec Wealth & Investment, looks at the Republican and Democratic candidates and how their case for the economy could affect bond markets in 2016.

Rob Swan, managing director - data services at Calastone Data Services, examines the implications of the latest set of European regulations for fund managers.

Eurozone equities have had a bad start to 2016, underperforming their global peers. The combination of a steep sell-off in global risk assets and a strong euro were to blame.

Lack of individual company growth

Steel has been a prominent fixture in the news in recent weeks but for all the wrong reasons, writes Canada Life Investment's Duncan Mackay.

Recent decisions by both the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank have helped break the trend of tightening global liquidity conditions.

Until just a few months ago, emerging markets seemed doomed. The four horsemen of the EM apocalypse were supposed to be Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and everyone's least favourite demon - Russia.

Need to prevent another 'taper tantrum'

EM duration offering attractive risk/returns

The long-term, secular trends that have fuelled Asia's rapid growth over the last decade are well known, yet one trend - the burgeoning Asian middle-class consumer - is a secular force that is still only in its early stages, according to T.Rowe Price's...