Equity markets

The FTSE All-Share index is off some 18% from its high in April 2015 at the time of writing, yet having called the top of the market successfully the key question to answer is when do we want to start to invest our high levels of cash?

Stronger growth in industrialised economies

Russia is undoubtedly under huge economic pressure as a result of low oil prices and economic sanctions.

A unique aspect of China's financial system has been the rapid accumulation of bank deposits over the last decade, but what is the sector's future?

Investors are being urged to carry out extra due diligence on global equity income funds on fears of 'disproportionately rising stock risk', as the sector's average exposure to UK-listed names reaches a three-year high.

Julie Dean, fund manager at Sanditon Asset Management, takes a closer look at the performance of the banking sector in 2016.

A so called 'dash for trash' could see investors that are focus on 'quality income' in US markets underperform in the coming months, according to Stephen Thornber, fund manager at Columbia Threadneedle.

Costs "unsustainable"

Small caps seem to be an immediate turn off to a lot of investors, with fixations on aggregate valuations and volatility meaning the better risk-adjusted returns that can be made within this asset class are often overlooked.

Reduced equity exposure to lowest since crisis