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European markets recorded sharp falls in early trading on Thursday after Japan's Nikkei 225 index shed more than 1,100 points on concerns the US Federal Reserve may scale back its quantitative easing programme.

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Aberdeen Asset Management has completed a deal to buy US asset manager Artio Global Investors for £118.3m ($179.7m)

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford has suggested the FTSE All Share's bright start to 2013 could soon be derailed as the rally has not been driven by an improvement in fundamentals.

Sandra Crowl, member of the investment committee at Carmignac Gestion, explores the benefits of a multi-asset strategy when investing in emerging markets.

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