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Markets are again seeing a volatile trading day following Germany's ban on naked short-selling in European public debt, as well as shares in the country's 10 largest financial institutions.

On another volatile day for global markets, Investment Week keeps you up to date with all the changes across the asset classes.

NORTH AMERICA

Profit taking saw the FTSE 100 fall 1.3% to 5316.22 points this morning, negating some of its 5.2% rise on Monday.

Several European ETF issuers will be able to launch ETFs on the S&P 500 index as of 17 May, when Standard and Poor's exclusive arrangement with iShares ends.

Miners fell sharply this morning on news the Australian Government plans to introduce a new 40% tax on resource projects from July 2012.

Henderson's Bill McQuaker has initiated short positions on the FTSE 100 and S&P 500 across his multi-manager range on expectations of near-term pressures for equity markets.

John Chatfeild-Roberts' Jupiter Merlin team has re-introduced Thames River's Global Bond fund into its £664m Balanced portfolio on the belief currency calls can enhance returns in 2010.

US stock markets opened sharply lower in early trading following negative consumer and house price data.

The introduction of exchange-traded funds that are cheap, transparent and easy to trade has heralded a recent explosion in the number of different types of strategies available to the investor.