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Japan's stock market lost almost 7% after its first full day of trading following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the country on Friday.

Old Mutual Asset Management's bond funds have moved back into negative duration after a temporary switch to positive duration at the start of the Middle East crisis.

The policy mismatch between the US and European central banks could cause serious headwinds for financial markets, Schroder's Richard Buxton has warned.

Insynergy is to add an emerging markets equity income fund to its product range, aiming to offer exposure to a range of alternative dividend payers.

Warren Buffett has emerged as one of the biggest investors to be affected by Japan's earthquake and tsunami, with estimated paper losses of $150m from his investments in reinsurers Swiss Re and Munich Re.

Rathbones' CIO Julian Chillingworth has forecast the FTSE 100 to hit 6,350 by the end 2011, a 6.8% increase on last week's 5,900 mark.

Global Investment Trusts must continue to adapt by cutting costs or becoming more specialist as the cheaper alternatives market comes to the fore, leading managers have said.

Disappointing retail sales for the beginning of the year have cast doubt over the success of the 2010/2011 ISA season.

Legg Mason's Bill Miller is calling time on the commodities bull market and says he expects prices to peak within the next two years.

Ignis has restructured its American Growth portfolio into a best ideas fund in an effort to boost performance and differentiate it from US tracker funds.