Opinion

Following six consecutive months of contraction, the eurozone successfully returned to growth in Q2 this year, with GDP increasing at a better-than-expected rate of +0.3% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ).

SUPER CLEAN

Lawrence Gosling, founding editor of Investment Week, looks at what impact regulation - driven by the RDR - is going to have on the fund management industry.

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GOSLING'S GROUSE

What a difference a year makes. Last autumn, you may recall, we were all holding our heads in our hands, lamenting the sorry state of the UK economy.

Now the world economy is recovering, market attention has moved on from competing strategies to deal with the debt crisis.

M&G's Bond Vigilantes team has warned of potential inflation surprises on the horizon amid easy monetary policy from central banks. Here, portfolio manager Ben Lord outlines inflation expectations from consumers in the UK, Europe and Asia for both the...

CONTRARIAN

The year-long stock market rally faltered over the summer, its progress derailed by concerns about the Federal Reserve's intentions to tighten monetary policy.