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Investors still face at least two years of uncertainty before a degree of normality returns to markets, according to Jim Stride, head of AXA IM's £13bn Distribution range.

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The Chancellor is on a collision course with bond markets over plans to change how inflation is calculated.

Mark Harris has take on City Financial's multi-manager fund range, formerly run by North Investment Partners' John Husselbee.

International banks have given greater flexibility and a longer deadline to meet Basel III liquidity rules.

The final cost to banks of the PPI mis-selling scandal could be as much as £25bn, almost double the figure the banks have estimated so far.

Franklin Templeton manager opts for a more concentrated portfolio, focusing on stocks with a market capitalisation of between £100m and £1bn.

Investment strategists and asset allocation heads have labelled last week's fiscal cliff deal a ‘short-term fix', which could spark a fresh round of sovereign debt downgrades in the coming months.

UK interest rates will stay at historic lows for four more years as the economy struggles to return to normal growth levels, Citi has predicted.

Mansfield Mok, the manager of EFG Asset Management's New Capital China Equity fund, has been snapping up cheaply valued Chinese banks, encouraged by the country's new leadership's plans for reform.