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Neptune's George Boyd-Bowman, manager of the Global Income fund, assesses the impact of Abenomics on corporate Japan.

Threat to market support

Kirill Pyshkin, fund manager at Mirabaud Asset Management, says the recent underperformance of global high dividend stocks is unusual, so should investors be taking advantage of the buying opportunity?

Mark Barnett, head of UK equities at Invesco Perpetual and manager of the Edinburgh investment trust, analyses the growing pressures on listed companies from a number of sources.

David Stevenson examines the prospects for global dividend players and the secrets of success when investing in the sector.

Despite concerns in Greece, David Lambert, senior portfolio manager - European equities at RBC Global Asset Management, says key macro data from European companies has remained resilient

Standard Life Investments UK manager Thomas Moore has said Barclays can transform itself under the watchful eye of interim chief executive John McFarlane.

Don't blame the dividend

Lloyds has announced an interim dividend payment of 0.75p per share in its half year results, but the banking giant said it would also consider special dividends in the future.

Barclays helped boost the FTSE 100 today after chairman John McFarlane announced increased profits and a strict cost-cutting exercise in the interim company's results.