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John Ditchfield, director at Barchester Green Investment, reveals the ethical themes offering the most exciting opportunities to investors.

Several major European banks will do rights issues this year in a bid to downsize their balance sheets to meet Basel III requirements, said Neptune's Rob Burnett.

Billionaire hedge fund boss John Paulson has revealed to investors he is shorting European sovereign bonds.

US markets opened lower today while the FTSE 100 continued its slide as economic data from China and concerns over Spain's finances dampened sentiment.

The managers of the £98m Melchior North American Opportunities fund have reversed out of defensive names into more economically sensitive sectors, following the string of positive economic data that has emerged from the US in recent months.

Fund managers are snapping up cheap portfolio insurance ahead of an expected market pull-back, after the VIX index hit pre-recession lows in March.

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