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Axa Pan Euro High Yield leads way as average fund in peer group gains 5.5% over past year to 1 January

There has rarely been a dull moment this year. A 20% fall in the UK equity market by early March has given way to close to a 50% bounce.

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National pride was dented when Germany and France posted positive economic growth in the second quarter yet the UK remained in recession. Since then the UK has suffered the ignominy of seeing expectations for the third quarter outturn scaled back as industrial...