Global

Invesco Perpetual star manager Neil Woodford has committed $25m to a AIM-listed vehicle which will make investments in troubled African nation Zimbabwe.

Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, believes the US economy still faces the threat of the dreaded double dip recession.

Allianz Global Investors' Nick Smith and OBSR's Jack Aldhous provide the answers on BRIC funds.

Cherry Reynard looks at why a global approach to equity income is the way forward.

Alan Brown, the Schroders group CIO, explains why it is "highly likely" Germany will exit the euro in the medium term.

HSBC has launched an ETF tracking the Brazilian stock market.

Ruli Viljoen, head of investment research at OBSR, a Morningstar company, looks at some of the Chinese equity funds the firm rates.

Anthony Bolton's Fidelity China Special Situations trust is now fully invested as the manager expects a resumption of the bull market later in the year.

INDEPENDENCE DAY EQUITIES

The death of the US consumer has been greatly exaggerated, writes Douglas Roberts, senior international economist at Standard Life Investments.