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Fixed income manager Chris Bowie believes the impact on businesses from uncertainty surrounding the EU referendum and a potential Scottish vote is being underestimated by the market.

The S&P reached a further record high at closing yesterday, as disappointing economic data coming out of the US alleviated fears of an interest rate rise in the near future.

Morgan Stanley has warned of an approaching 'triple taper tantrum next year if the US, Japan and Europe all taper their monetary policies at the same time.

The curious case of the EM bond proxies

The Federal Reserve has dampened suggestions of a mid-2015 interest rate hike after weak GDP figures suggested the US recovery has lost momentum.

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has taken a position as a senior adviser at PIMCO.

Ben Bernanke has become a senior adviser to a prominent US hedge fund, his first non-research role since leaving the US Federal Reserve.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned global markets could be hit by turmoil worse than the 2013 'taper tantrum' when interest rates rise.

HSBC Global Asset Management's Caroline Hitch is reducing exposure to equities in favour of credit in the firm's $8bn World Selection portfolios as she fails to find "compelling" valuations for shares.

Beware global risks