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The forthcoming political calendar contains several events that have the potential to unnerve markets: the UK is set to invoke Article 50 of the EU treaty; populist movements seek to redraw historic party lines at elections in France and Germany; Italy's...

The precipitous drop in sterling is set to boost dividend payouts from UK blue-chip companies this year. But this should not be taken in isolation by investors as a signal to buy.

Despite Europe's proximity to the UK, euro credit has been the least volatile of the three - a fact largely explained by the European Central Bank's (ECB) well-received corporate bond purchase programme, first announced in March which has directly supported...

A confluence of economic data releases and central bank policy announcements towards the end of 2015 buffeted investors and raised questions about the global growth outlook.

Part of expansion plans

Impax Asset Management, the environmental markets specialist, has hired David Winborne as senior portfolio manager working on the equity team.

Currency fluctuations a key concern

Fund managers give their views on the key issues impacting global asset classes and outline how they are positioning portfolios.

What could wrong-foot investors?