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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.

China is increasingly focused on greater alignment with her Eastern neighbours and the allure of Russia's resource-rich economy and the demise of US power have caused China to recalibrate foreign policy.

The big issues that long term investors must address when looking for investments

North American fund managers argue that US corporates offer the opportunity to benefit from rapidly growing emerging markets and thereby offer the best of both investment worlds

The UK economy has exited its longest recession since records began, with GDP growth of 0.1% in the final quarter of 2009.

Last week's news that the Chinese economy continued to power through the global economic crisis, with growth of 10.7%, adds weight to those who argue for a greater weighting to the country and emerging markets in general.