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In the latest Conjecture debate, our panellists from Aberdeen Asset Management, Standard & Poor's and Threadneedle discussed Absolute Returns.

Risk is a hot topic at the moment. The turmoil on the stock exchange has seen a big increase in market risk while Standard and Poor's has lowered their opinion of the US's credit risk.

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panellists from Aberdeen Asset Management, Rathbone Unit Trust Management and Standard & Poor's discuss UK Equity Income.

Deven Sharma, the man who oversaw the downgrade of the US' credit rating earlier this month, is stepping down as president of Standard & Poor's.

France's AAA credit rating is "stable" said ratings agency Standard & Poor's, a week after rumours hit the market the country is facing a downgrade.

Group's meticulous macro research process brings half decade of outperformance for RADAR offering, which gives access to pool of over 750 researchers

BlackRock's Evy Hambro, manager of the £2.8bn Gold & General fund, said gold should be trading about 30% above its current record high, taking inflation into account.

£4bn Newton Real Return suffers short-term performance dip on misjudged currency bets.

The Conjecture panel discusses debt, contagion, and the outlook for European markets

Recent market sell-offs have prompted Henderson's Emily Adderson to buy distressed European banking stocks after sharp share price falls.