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Philip Saunders, portfolio manager of the the Investec Diversified Growth fund, has outlined four investment themes for investors to consider in 2014.

Mainstream emerging markets may have remained thoroughly out of favour this year, with developed nations driving global equity returns, but surprises can still be found in the top ten markets of 2013.

Brewin Dolphin is cutting investment services for clients with portfolios valued at under £50,000 due to unsustainable costs.

Ignis Asset Management is forecasting an 11.5% total return for the UK commercial property next year, above consensus forecasts which are themselves at their highest levels post-crisis.

Skandia head of wealth planning Colin Jelley has left the firm after ten months in the role.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and North and West Yorkshire police have this morning arrested one male on suspicion of insider dealing and market abuse.

Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined $100m (£61m) by US regulators for violating US sanctions against Iran, Sudan, Burma, and Cuba.

Japan's Nikkei fell for a second day overnight, while indices around the world also moved lower, as investors pull money out of the market on fears of imminent tapering by the US Fed.

Brian O'Neill, one of the country's longest-serving managers, is to retire from his role running the Henderson Global investment trust next year.

The UK economy has been tipped to breach its pre-crisis peak as early as next year, instead of 2016, as previously forecast, by UK business network the British Chambers of Commerce.