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Jason Hepner, investment director - global strategy at Standard Life Investments, says China is widely seen as a key driver of global growth and any change in the country's currency will affect the rest of the world's markets.

Gartmore's Gervais Williams says despite the decline of the Irish economy, things are starting to look more positive.

First State Investments is launching offshore versions of its Asia Pacific and Global Emerging Markets funds.

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Philip Hunter, manager of the Old Mutual Asian Select fund, assesses growth prospects for the Asia region.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to "stand helpfully by Greece's side" but her economy minister said Germany would not offer a cash bailout.

China has been getting more headlines than its emerging market peers over the last few months but advisers are urged not to believe the hype and overlook other attractive regions, such as India.

OECD economies could learn a lot from the crises many emerging markets faced a decade ago, writes Jason Hepner, investment director, global strategy at Standard Life Investments.

Investors should turn to commodities underpinned by the emerging economies to shelter from an inflation storm set to hit the UK, says the manager of the Fidelity Global Real Assets fund.

Saltus Partners has taken some profits on a number of overseas positions to cash in on sliding sterling.