Opinion

Outlook for next year

Plus 2016 in review

Looking favourably at Japan

In light of the FCA's Asset Management Market Study, Rowan Dartington's Guy Stephens revisits the eternal debate about the roles active and passive investments can play in ensuring end-investors receive value for money.

Currency a defining factor

The press conference was actually more interesting than the decision itself, which was widely expected and well telegraphed by the Federal Reserve, but the chairman insisted on two elements which are worthy of attention.

Book list compiled by Lawrence Gosling

'Investor reaction seems measured rather than panicky'

Niall Gallagher, investment director at GAM, analyses how investors in Europe can navigate political risk and where the best opportunities are likely to be.

Financial consultant Russell Beaumont discusses how an attitude-to-risk assessment for retail investors can also tell us a lot about the risk personality of the investor - how they think and communicate about financial risk as well as their risk appetite...