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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sounded a warning over the state of China's financial system.

The head of the IMF pleaded with China to support the eurozone as she warned the global economy is heading for a "lost decade".

The Chancellor George Osborne has pledged to stop cash from British taxpayers being used to fund the eurozone bailout.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut Asia's growth forecast for this year and next, and said it fears Europe's debt crisis may trigger a sell-off in Asian assets.

The UK economy has been dealt a fresh blow from the International Monetary Fund after it cut its growth forecast for this year and next and warned a lack of growth could derail the chancellor's austerity drive.

Fears over liquidity and sovereign debt contagion mean the threat of nationalisation has spread to leading players in Europe's banking sector.

Sharat Dua, portfolio adviser to the Charlemagne Magna Africa fund, asks why the continent is not attracting investors' money.