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M&G has written to investors in its £9.5bn Global Dividend fund and acknowledged "there may well have been some complacency" around underperforming stocks in 2014.

Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi, the most significant voice in the OPEC cartel, has said the group will not cut production even if the price of oil falls to $20 a barrel.

Access to the internet and paid-for television is moving from a convenience to an essential in markets across the globe. Artisan Partners' Mark Yockey highlights the best stocks for capturing the trend.

Conventional monetary policy is "exhausted" and the key challenge for policymakers next year will be stimulating growth, says Threadneedle's Mark Burgess.

Dr Nicholas Motson (pictured), a lecturer in finance at the Cass Business School, has called for greater disclosure of fund holdings in order to allow researchers to calculate retail funds' "active share".

Neptune's CEO Robin Geffen is refraining from holding any UK equities within his global portfolios due to risks surrounding the upcoming general election.

Pick up almost any business publication or newspaper and you will read someone's deep thoughts about the oil price, plus a multitude of predictions about where it will go next.

Depending on how you look at the US, stockpickers are either spoilt for choice or dealing with overly expensive companies. Cormac Weldon, manager of the Artemis US Equity and US Select funds, looks at the outlook for American markets next year and beyond....

Warren Hyland, lead portfolio manager of the Muzinich Emerging Market Short Duration fund, analyses the performance of emerging market debt and prospects for 2015.

Changing economic conditions mean fundamentals won't always be the core driver of markets, which is why corporate bond managers must be more active and nimble to generate returns in 2015, says Simon Blundell, manager of the BlackRock Corporate Bond fund....