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In a world where fixed interest, property and cash all look unattractive, clients should look to invest in something that responds to money supply. What better than the works of dead artists?

Managers Paul Wimborne and James Syme attribute top-quartile figures to their top-down country selection process

Turkey is well placed to emerge from the global economic slowdown ahead of other countries in the EMEA region

With the end of the recession in sight, investors in the US need to be wary of the example of Japan's markets in the 1990s and beware of broad-based economic deflation

Commercial property is screaming "buy" to some investors, but those looking for a property fund would be wise to look carefully

As the global economy continues to recover, the technology sector is offering some excellent opportunities

L&G Diversified Absolute Return co-manager Ben Gill expects more groups to enter the global macro space

Of course, last week's Queen's Speech was an electioneering one and you cannot blame old Gordon for having a go. It is always better to get HRH to deliver your ideas in person when you have such dodgy handwriting and spelling!

The investment trust industry has funded everything from the building of railways across the US to the development of South American economies in the 19th century.

The AIFM directive was drafted by the EU in response to what it saw as an absence of common regulatory standards for non-Ucits investment vehicles and there are six key issues that specifically affect the UK-listed closed-ended fund sector.