Global

Henderson's Charlie Awdry expects China will raise interest rates three more times this year to quell soaring inflation.

Standard Life Investments' Jacqueline Kerr has stepped down from the management of the group's £517m Global Advantage fund, handing it to the group's multi-asset team, led by Euan Munro.

Invesco Perpetual's Stuart Parks has warned Asian growth rates are poised to drop as central banks move to combat inflation.

The choices facing income-seekers are increasingly limited. The climate of weak growth and high inflation has historically been bad for bonds.

Ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China are calling for stricter regulation of derivative markets as volatile commodity prices pose a threat to financial stability.

Investment Week editor Lawrence Gosling speaks to Craton Capital's Nathalie Han.

Is the long-term investment case of India still in tact? Is infrastructure still an attractive story? Michael Konstantinov, manager of the £877m Allianz RCM BRIC Stars fund visits companies in India to find out.

ON ASIA

Invesco Perpetual's Stuart Parks has moved his Asian fund more defensive in anticipation of a short-term ‘pause' in markets.

ASIA'S TASTE FOR WINE