Leading UK think-tank NIESR has warned rising unemployment, which could hit 9% by the end of the year, will do permanent damage to the UK's productive capacity.
Australia is offering better opportunities than Asia for income investors, according to Jason Pidcock, manager of the £1.8bn Newton Asian Income fund.
Despite its roots across the Atlantic, Franklin Templeton is best known in the UK as an emerging markets specialist and, since its acquisition of Rensburg, for its UK equity capabilities.
First State Investments' emerging market and Asia Pacific specialist Angus Tulloch tells Kyle Caldwell about the macroeconomic headwinds preventing him from taking a bullish stance on the region.