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Rathbones' head of multi-asset investments is hedging portfolios against a market fall as the US recovery looks set to bring an end to quantitative easing.

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Mark Martin, manager of the Neptune UK Mid Cap fund, explains why investors should expect M&A activity to return to markets, and which mid-cap companies could be prime targets for takeover.

UK stock markets and their European counterparts continued to sell-off today as ongoing worries about global growth and a sharp fall in the US overnight weighed on sentiment.

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Chris Bailey, head of direct global investment at Close Brothers Asset Management, urges investors to look again at Japan as a guide to investing closer to home.

Marks & Spencer has reported a slight rise in sales in the first quarter of the year, lifted by its food business, although sales of clothing continued to fall.

Global markets soared on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve inadvertently released minutes from its latest policy meeting five hours earlier than planned.

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