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Neptune US Income fund manager targets yield of 3.5%-4% per annum.

US OUTLOOK

Manager maintains ‘reasonably upbeat' stance on long-term prospects for US consumers, as housing market shows signs of bottoming out.

German chancellor Angela Merkel has warned the eurozone faces another ten years of economic uncertainty as the G20 fails to agree how to bail out Greece.

The recent eurozone bailout plan offered some respite to volatile markets but commentators are not convinced it is a long-term resolution to the crisis

Fidelity has expanded its Fidelity Active Strategy range for discretionaries with the launch of an Emerging Markets fund managed by Nick Price.

Stewart Cowley, manager of the Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond fund, discusses why huge G6 indebtedness and negative real yields are the major concerns for investors in Europe

Groupon, the online coupon group, raised $700m in its highly anticipated initial public offering on Thursday night, with the pricing at $20 a share valuing the group at $12.65bn.