We look at key themes and events that have impacted investment over the past year.
2011 has been a year when some of the most popular emerging market managers paid the price for the breakneck growth of recent years, with investors fleeing to safe havens as equities tanked amid the eurozone debt crisis.
Ever since outspoken investment veteran Jim Rogers predicted the commodities rally in 1999, his comments have been closely followed by investors worldwide.
The yield on German bunds has risen above UK gilts for the first time since 2009 after Japan shifted out of bunds overnight following Germany's disastrous debt auction.