Equities

Bowie, Brexit and Bake Off - 2016 has already delivered a number of shocks. Fretful investors could therefore be forgiven for seeking investments that are as safe as houses.

Started at RLAM in 2012

To acquire frontier markets boutique for £40.7m

Retailer subject to independent inquiry

To be sub-managed by ClariVest

Also added overseas exposure

Concerns Japan won't escape "economic doldrums"

Prices could rise as high as $1,425

Kepler Partners' Pascal Dowling analyses how an already 'politically fractured' Europe will cope with a number of elections in the coming year and highlights the European-focused investment trusts positioned to capture the opportunities from a sell-off...

Six fund managers reveal the long-term trends driving their strategies, and the positions that have worked well for their portfolios this year, as well as the sectors they have avoided