Equities

First rate rise in a year

Ran fund since December 2009

Two rate rises predicted next year

Mark Pignatelli, partner at Comeragh Capital LLP, talks to Lawrence Gosling about the possible implications for European companies of the Brexit vote and political upheaval.

Niall Gallagher, investment director at GAM, analyses how investors in Europe can navigate political risk and where the best opportunities are likely to be.

Pieter Busscher, senior portfolio manager at RobecoSAM, explores how new matierlais including carbon fibres are helping to boost the automation space and robotics into a new era

Defends active management

It is easy to get lost in the many headlines proclaiming impending doom for Italy's banking system (especially following the 'no' vote in the constitutional referendum), or in the complex details of state aid and debt burden sharing.

Stock fell 90%

'Focus on growth, not value'