Japan has intervened to weaken the yen for the second time in three months after the currency hit a fresh record high against the dollar.
The yen climbed to a post-World War II high against the dollar yesterday, after Europe's debt crisis spurred demand for safe havens.
Japanese investment trusts' high concentration to small and mid caps has paid off, with the sector outperforming the open-ended space over the past year.
Adair Turner has spent more than £66,000 in the past 15 months flying around the world as FSA chairman - largely because he never flys any lower than business class.
Japan has said it will consider helping to save Greece as part of a wider bailout plan as it looks to avert a crisis in global growth.
Robin Batchelor, fund manager of BlackRock's New Energy Investment Trust, looks at how countries have reassessed their energy plans since the Japan earthquake.