The threat of a stock market crash has risen to a "one in three" chance, the chief executive of the respected Centre for Economics and Business Research has warned.
The FTSE 100 rose at opening today after a boost from US markets which closed higher on Monday.
Egypt's stock exchange fell 10% this morning on reopening for the first time in nearly two months, prompting the authorities to shut it once more.
F&C's Peter Ewins has begun modifying the £195m Global Smaller Companies trust since changing the benchmark earlier this year.
The agreement of a rescue plan for Greece's debt crisis had a positive impact on the Asian stock markets on Friday.
The global recovery is well in line with forecasts for 2010, 2011 and 2012 looking for growth of around 4% in each year.