Commodities

The risks descending from political unrest in the MENA region may exceed investors' expectations and cause further 'market setbacks', warns SVM's Colin Mclean.

Castlestone Management has launched a gold and precious metals equities fund for CEO Angus Murray.

The Japan crisis will trigger a global commodity boom as it requires more raw materials to rebuild its decimated infrastructure, says HSBC's chief economist Stephen King.

Contagion risk has heightened as a result of rising food price inflation, which could lead to political unrest in the Middle East spreading to other areas, warns veteran investor Jim Rogers.

Asian central banks are expected to raise interest rates this week to combat the soaring price of oil.

J.P. Morgan's alternatives arm Highbridge Capital Management has launched the Highbridge Diversified Commodities fund offering investors access to commodities futures in a Ucits III format.

Commodities guru Jim Rogers says oil will continue to rise because there have been no major oil field discoveries in over 40 years.

Saudi Arabia is stepping in to prevent an oil supply blackout driven by the Libyan turmoil, the Financial Times reports.

Inflation will stay "stubbornly high" this year, pressuring the Bank of England to up interest rates from the second quarter, according to the Confederation of British Industry.

The Egyptian crisis has boosted the price of oil to a two-year high but sent equity markets lower, causing some managers to warn of contagion risk to the global economic recovery.