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US dollar strength, weak commodity prices and fears of a hard landing in China have made 2015 another difficult year for emerging market investors, so what next?

I do not want to be awkward or deliberately contrarian but has anyone noticed US equities look expensive again?

Follows confused market messages

Rate uncertainty weighs on markets

Despite the negative sentiment and a rise in risks, the fundamentals of Asia are better positioned to withstand an external shock than other EM regions, according to Jade Fu, investment manager at Heartwood Investment Management

There has been an increase in growth rate volatility, uncertainty of currency direction, and lack of clarity on interest rates this year, writes Douglas Burtnick, Aberdeen's deputy head of North American equities.

The recent perils of not understanding the Chinese stock market have taken centre stage, and meaningful economic data points have been ignored, says LGBR Capital's Fen Sung.

Townsend Lansing, head of short/leveraged and FX platforms at ETF Securities, explains how currency hedging in the ETP space can be used to exploit market dislocations

Malaysia's stockmarket has been the worst Asian performer year to date, yet earnings per share for listed companies are at the highest level since at least 2006, says Aberdeen's Gerald Ambrose

Cary Yeung, head of greater China debt at Pictet Asset Management, analyses what the recent turmoil in Chinese markets means for the onshore bond sector