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Henderson TR Pacific manager Andrew Beal backs Asian consumer spending to hit $16trn mark as middle section of society gets richer

This week's panel discusses the key themes currently affecting global emerging markets

Robert Royle, fund manager of Smith & Williamson North American Trust, looks at how social network sites are linking investors in to exciting new opportunities.

A group of Jupiter directors and employees, including Edward Bonham Carter and Tony Nutt, have sold off £63m worth of ordinary shares in the group, representing a 5.7% stake.

The big event in May for the London stock market was the IPO of Glencore. Many investors are unsettled about the logic of listing companies on the LSE that have little or no economic footprint in the UK.

Investors reluctant to seize growth opportunities as social media firm's flotation sparks technology bubble fears.

US-based coupon website Groupon has filed to go public so it can raise up to $750m, in the latest high-profile technology company IPO to fire up fears about a bubble in the sector.

Shortsellers rounded on Glencore on the first day of official trading of shares in the commodities giant, casting a shadow over its blockbuster £37bn listing on the London stock exchange, the Guardian reports.

BlackRock's £1.6bn World Mining Trust, run by Evy Hambro, has made around 80% on its investment in Glencore's convertible debt, Oriel Securities has said.

GLENCORE'S IMPACT ON DIVI MARKET