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Recessions can be likened to dieting. They may be good for the long-term health of the economy but they are unpleasant to endure and it is a great relief when they end

India is set to become a financial powerhouse within the next 15 years. By Nitin Jain, principal fund manager, Kotak Mahindra (UK) Ltd

Looking back over the past decade, the performance of emerging markets has brought approving comments from even the most hardened critics.

We are actively seeking exposure to the media sector.

Anyone remotely optimistic about prospects for global equities over the next 15 years simply cannot avoid, or significantly underweight, US equities.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is the world's third largest trading block with a GDP that has doubled since 1997

"One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back."

When Investment Week was launched on 30 January 1995, the industry was less than a decade into its life under the Financial Services Act and many advisers and product providers were getting used to the brave new world of polarisation.

Investment Week surveyed leading advisers to get their opinions on which funds and managers will deliver the best returns over the next 15 years

Despite its recent GDP growth while the developed world succumbed to recession, India is not a straightforward growth story.