Equities

Hermes Fund Managers has launched an Emerging Asia fund for manager Jonathan Pines.

The soaring share price of Lions Gate Entertainment and Disney's $4bn acquisition of Lucasfilm demonstrate the increasing power of content providers, according to Alliance Trust Asset Management's Justin Atkinson.

Standard life Investments has expanded its GEM range with the launch of an offshore Global Emerging Markets Unconstrained fund for Ross Teverson.

France is set to slide into recession imminently, sparking changes in government as soon as next Spring, according to Carmignac Gestion founder Edouard Carmignac.

Barclays has teamed up with Amundi Investment Solutions to launch a fund providing exposure to US takeovers.

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One of the key positive aspects of equity investment is that you can buy and sell stakes in small and larger companies, safe in the knowledge prospective and existing owners of a business are being treated equally.

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