Equities

The UK and European markets lag Asia and the emerging world for attractive small cap opportunities, Invesco Perpetual says.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has hired three new senior portfolio managers from Fortis for its emerging market debts team as it seeks to enhance its fixed income offering.

Global emerging markets attract strong investor interest despite high risk reputation

The attempted harmonisation of European economies through monetary union cannot be described as an overwhelming success story.

Cheap and easy to set up, ETFs are seen as a major breeding ground for innovation over the coming years

Global economies are showing tentative signs of improvement, but not sufficient yet to encourage policymakers to materially alter their highly accommodative monetary and fiscal initiatives.

The American stock market is having a good year. From its low point of 677 on 9 March 2009, the S&P 500 index has recovered by over 60%.

Japan's economy was one of the first to officially leave the recession and is now expected to grow faster than other developed nations, according to IMF forecasts.

Mark Holman believes mortgage-backed securities still provide opportunities to pick up good income yields

A bottom-up approach with a thematic safety net has kept Gleeson's fund top over five years in the IMA Technology and Telecoms sector