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Asian markets fell again overnight over uncertainty around US employment numbers out later today.

The pound could fall by as much as 15% against the US dollar from its current level, back to decade-long lows, if Mark Carney moves to devalue the pound via further QE over the next few years, PIMCO has warned.

Hugh Hendry has backed Japanese equities to continue their stellar start to 2013, but is also boosting exposure to sovereign bonds on concerns Japan's recovery will have harmful effects elsewhere.

George Soros has reportedly made £40m in a day through a short position on the Australian dollar.

Japan's main equity market surged to a five-year high on the first day of trading after the country's Golden Week public holiday.

Legg Mason is introducing a sterling-hedged share class on its offshore Legg Mason Royce US Small Cap Opportunity Fund in response to client demand in the UK.

An ultra-bearish US hedge fund manager shorted gold a year ago, when it was still in favour with most investors, and thinks the price of the metal is on track for a multi-year drop.

The dollar bear market witnessed over the past ten years is finally over, according to Fidelity's chief investment officer Dominic Rossi.

The Bank of Japan's announcement of aggressive growth stimulus measures on Thursday pushed up the flagging Nikkei and caused the yen to fall sharply against the US dollar.

The number of fund managers backing a strengthening in the US dollar hit a record high in March, as optimism over the US recovery also gathered pace.