Gary Dale, head of intermediary sales at Investec Structured Products, addresses the misconceptions blighting the investment plans.
Mark Skinner, director of European retail at Henderson, has left the business as part of the latest reshuffle at the asset manager.
Economist and renowned commentator on Japan, Arcus Investment's Peter Tasker, said in the last 20 years the country has been through the most severe and prolonged bear market ever seen.
China's economic growth picked up in the fourth quarter of 2012, but data for the year as a whole showed the country recorded its slowest growth for 13 years.
Schroders' head of UK equities Richard Buxton has said the FTSE could be set to move into a higher trading range after the index passed the 6,000 mark in a strong start to 2013.
Better than expected results at some of the UK's major retailers gave a lift to UK fund managers today as Xmas numbers beat gloomy forecasts.
Strong inflows into Aberdeen Asset Management's emerging market debt and equity ranges have helped produce a 3% rise in the group's AUM in the three months to 31 December 2012.
Liontrust's Stephen Bailey and Jan Luthman have been upping their exposure to asset management firms ahead of an anticipated "triple positive whammy" for the sector in the years ahead.