Equities

Election impact on European trusts

Views from Investment Week's Edinburgh Breakfast Briefing

Corporate profits rebounding

Over the course of 2016, the factors driving Asia's capital markets changed, writes Sharat Shroff, portfolio manager at Matthews Asia.

Optimism on the corporate earnings outlook in Europe for 2017 has become more consensual than contrarian recently, and with good justification.

Rallied last year

Paid shareholders £325m every working day last year

Comments from Legg Mason subsidiary ClearBridge

John Redwood, chief global strategist at Charles Stanley, comments on the upcoming French presidential election and the potential implications for Europe.

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