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CIO Plamen Monovski tells Katie Holliday about his firm's ‘Indiana Jones' approach to investing and his ambitious plans to grow the business.

The Bush era tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year could send the US economy back into recession unless Congress intervenes, according to leading commentators.

Sam Vecht, head of BlackRock's emerging Europe equity team, has upped his weighting to Russia by 15% in recent months, on the view the country's equity market could significantly re-rate.

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The UK narrowly escaped a double-dip recession by posting slight growth in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest monthly GDP estimate from NIESR.

Investment veteran Warren Buffett has said the chances of the US slipping back into recession are very low, despite fears over the fiscal cliff facing the country at the end of the year.