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Joanne Young asks a panel of experts to explain the risks and how the industry can respond to these anxieties

Portugal has said the austerity measures necessitated as part of its 78bn euro bailout package will plunge the country into recession.

Portugal's caretaker prime minister Jose Socrates has announced he has reached agreement on a bail-out from the EU and the International Monetary Fund.

BlackRock's Deborah Fuhr has called for greater scrutiny of the different exchange-traded products coming to market, following a number of regulator warnings.

The International Monetary Fund has revealed its anxieties over the growth of the ETF industry, days after the Financial Stability Board spoke on the issue.

A Goldman Sachs research note advising investors to take profits in commodities will not have a significant impact on exchange-traded product flows, ETF Securities says.

Goldman Sachs will be referred to the US Department of Justice for allegedly making "misleading and inaccurate" comments to Congress over its role in the financial crisis.

The IMF has cut growth expectations for the UK for this year to 1.7%, down 0.3% from its previous prediction in January.

Asian stocks declined the most in almost a month on Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its economic growth forecasts for the US and Japan.

Britain could be forced to contribute more than £3bn to a Portugal bailout package following the Lisbon government's failure to push through its austerity measures on Wednesday.