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Wall Street shares dipped on opening as a trade spat between the US and China escalated.

In a post-RDR investment world, exposure to index funds looks likely to expand, increasing competition in this space

The fund celebrates its silver anniversary as one of the longest-established UK vehicles by standing first in IMA European Smaller Companies sector

A recent survey by HSBC Bank International of the expatriate community reveals that, despite the current turmoil in the financial system, there exist plenty of opportunities for IFAs in the expat market

Infrastructure is now broadly accepted as an asset class in its own right. The market certainly has scale - Deutsche Bank has recently estimated the size of the global infrastructure market at around $20.5trn.

With inflation a growing possibility, what are the implications for equities?

The FTSE 100 reached its highest level since October 2008 this afternoon, leaping more than 75 points to reach 4695.92 points.

The battleground of fund charges is beginning to gather momentum and is set to only accelerate as the industry comes to terms with the market volatility and its effects on investor behaviour.

There have been two events within the multi-manager sector of the market occurring in the last two weeks - both quite different in nature - that are equally important and point a way forward for advisers.

Bric economies have enjoyed a strong rebound since markets started to recover, but for markets to move decisively upwards from current levels, we will need more evidence of bottoming out of developed world economic data and for upwards revisions to start...