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Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets Growth has shrunk by 15% following poor performance since the group announced plans to soft-close the fund.

Tim Schuler, an investment strategist at Legg Mason affiliate Permal, asks what impact the dramatic events of the first quarter will have on global economic growth.

ON EMERGING MARKETS

North's John Husselbee has shifted exposure across his multi-manager growth portfolios, adding 6% to risk assets and cutting back defensive positions.

Vincent Lagger, fund manager at Swiss & Global Asset Management, examines Indonesia's role in Asia's ongoing growth story.

Irish economy contracted in the fourth quarter of 2010, shrinking 1.6% on the back of poor consumer spending, exports and investment.

The FTSE 100 index edged higher in early trading following gains overseas in the US last night.

The UK economy will grow by 1.7% this year, significantly below previous estimates, George Osborne announced today.

Markets are starting to question whether the prospect of robust - albeit unevenly distributed - growth will be disrupted by rising inflation and increasing geo-political risk.

Adam Avigdori, portfolio manager of BlackRock's UK Income fund, discusses why he is predicting good single-digit dividend growth this year and next.