China

Following the strong performance demonstrated by most main risk assets during 2009, the start of 2010 saw volatility return to the markets.

UBS is in talks with the Beijing municipal government on setting up a renminbi-denominated private equity fund as the Swiss bank looks to expand in China.

Baillie Gifford's Mike Gush has increased exposure to India in the £119m Pacific Horizon investment trust after becoming bullish on the country's economic growth prospects.

SVM UK Opportunities manager Neil Veitch believes M&A activity is set to increase in the UK market as sterling continues its recent slide.

Gartmore head of Asian equities says China is nowhere near ready to end its two-year peg on the dollar

For many across the world, it was probably the Beijing Olympics when it dawned where future global economic and political power really lay.

Schroders manager Nathan Gibbs is bullish on Japan, believing many of its ‘problems' have been misconstrued by the investment industry

Global listed property securities provided good returns for investors in 2009 and markets rallied as the global economy responded to government stimulus measures.

Investors return to sector as region's stock markets rebound strongly from sharp falls in financial crisis

Fidelity's Tom Stevenson on the shift in the balance of power in the global economy from West to East that will soon alter the investment landscape forever