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Impending US employment data expected to show a further improvement in the country's economy sparked gains for equity indices around the globe overnight.

LATIN AMERICA

CHINA

ON ASIA PACIFIC EX JAPAN

Mohammed El-Erian, chief executive of PIMCO and the man perceived by many as Bill Gross' heir apparent at the largest bond manager in the world, has resigned from his role.

Robert Jukes and Edward Smith, global strategists at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, have listed five key investment themes for the new year.

Global equities

2014 OUTLOOK

David Jane, founder of Darwin Investment Managers, has named the five investment themes he is backing in his multi-asset fund to outperform this year.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management's global market strategist Kerry Craig outlines his key predictions for core asset classes, markets, and economies as we move in to 2014.