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Regulators are comparing ETFs with collateralised debt obligations, but do the two seemingly different products share any common ground? Helen Fowler reports.

David McCraw, manager of the Edinburgh UK and US Tracker trusts, explains why passive strategies work well for investment trusts.

Manager believes quality over defensives has been fundamental to surviving crises in markets during first six years at Threadneedle.

UK Leading Companies manager Richard Hallett warns against backing commodities too heavily.

Inflation is creeping into smaller Asian markets but don't dismiss the region writes Maria Merricks.

STOCK PICKING

Focus on small-cap dividend payers delivers for Chelverton.

THREE OPTIONS FOR THE GREEKS

After more than a decade in the fund management industry and some recent stellar performance from its product offering, Unicorn Asset Management remains one of the smaller players in the industry, with a boardroom tussle still fresh in investors' minds....

Liam Pryce Jones of Charles Stanley suggests Primark parent company Associated British Foods could be a sell as raw materials costs rise