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Vincent Lagger, fund manager at Swiss & Global Asset Management, examines Indonesia's role in Asia's ongoing growth story.

Irish economy contracted in the fourth quarter of 2010, shrinking 1.6% on the back of poor consumer spending, exports and investment.

The FTSE 100 index edged higher in early trading following gains overseas in the US last night.

The UK economy will grow by 1.7% this year, significantly below previous estimates, George Osborne announced today.

Markets are starting to question whether the prospect of robust - albeit unevenly distributed - growth will be disrupted by rising inflation and increasing geo-political risk.

Adam Avigdori, portfolio manager of BlackRock's UK Income fund, discusses why he is predicting good single-digit dividend growth this year and next.

Hume Capital is launching an unconstrained Global Opportunities fund on March 28.

The Henderson International Income trust will be invested entirely in equities at launch to exploit the higher dividends on offer and the potential for growth.

Mark Pignatelli employs a half-and-half strategy on Smith & Williamson European Growth fund, combing through 1,300-stock universe

The UK could be entering a "profoundly different" era of slow growth and high debt reminiscent of the economic ills engulfing Japan, says the BBC's economics editor Stephanie Flanders.