Opinion

Thomas Samson, portfolio manager at Muzinich & Co, looks at the high yield bonds to own in an uncertain environment.

Fidelity made the first significant move towards greater price transparancy through its platform FundsNetwork by publishing the fees it receives from fund management groups from 1 September.

We do not really have celebrities in this industry, unlike other major sectors. Vacuum cleaners have James Dyson, cheap airlines have Stelios, and for everything else there is Richard Branson.

PREPARING FOR GREECE TO EXIT THE EURO

M&G's bond expert Matthew Russell on the returns Mervyn King and co have generated since the start of QE.

August 2011 has come to an end and the final week was a bit calmer than the preceding three. The Bernanke speech was the highlight and, in many ways, the Fed Chairman had no major surprises for us.

Thank god for Warren Buffett, he really is the saviour. His latest venture into the markets - buying $5bn of stock in Bank of America - reminds us of another time when he did his bit for America and capitalism.

Markets entered 2011 with discussions about what the ‘new normal' would be. This is standard investor behaviour because we all like to feel we have a handle on what is going to drive markets either up or down.

NEARING CRUNCH POINT

The recent severe global market sell-off has stemmed from a number of legitimate investor concerns.