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CPI at -0.1% again

Investment Week is due to publish a book, Intelligent Investors, to celebrate its first 20 years shortly.

There is an unsaid adage in fund management about 'grey hair' and 'scars', which means up and coming talent in the industry can be overlooked in favour of those with a decade or two of investment experience under their belt.

The FTSE 100 opened down 0.5% this morning, in the first trading session since the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night.

Rising stars of the industry

IT companies have historically preferred to reinvest or acquire rather than distribute profits to shareholders, but this is now changing says Guinness AM's Matthew Page.

The message at this stage of the economic cycle, or any stage, is 'buyer beware'.

Fitch Ratings has said bond managers' efforts to improve the liquidity profile of their funds are still insufficient to meet redemptions if investors begin rushing for the exit.

Shares collapsed 60% since April