HSBC's Nick Timberlake believes there are strong pockets of opportunity in emerging markets including Russia which spent most of 2010 out of favour with global investors.
Artemis' Mark Niznik is continuing to eye a partial sale of his UK Smaller Companies fund's largest holding Vostok Energy, the unquoted Russian gas exploration company.
iShares has unveiled its inaugural UK range of swap-based ETFs, based on the multiple swap counterparty model, to provide exposure to India and Russia.
Russian premier Vladimir Putin has ordered a halt to all exports of wheat and other grains from August 15, raising the stakes dramatically in the crisis over wheat supplies.
Russia plans to raise up to $30bn through asset sales over the next three years in the biggest privatisation programme since the frenzied disposals under former leader Boris Yeltzin.