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Fourpoints Investment Managers has launched a Sicav out of Luxembourg which will replicate the Fourpoints America Fund.

US EQUITIES

Stocks have room to rise, investors need to diversify across fixed income and seek yield globally and emerging markets deserve another look, is the advice to investors from J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

The US' three major equity markets dropped overnight after a bomb blast at the Boston Marathon shook markets and weak data from China continued to weigh on stocks.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to release a gloomier picture of the world economy this week, by trimming its forecast for global growth this year by 0.1%.

The dollar bear market witnessed over the past ten years is finally over, according to Fidelity's chief investment officer Dominic Rossi.

James Burns, head of the multi-manager desk at Smith & Williamson, said he sees investment opportunities in Europe, Japan and the United States (US).

Financial administration service provider, Vistra, is to open an office in San Francisco.

Investors who go it alone will have to dedicate ten hours a week to managing their portfolio in order to beat inflation, according to one external asset manager.

Asian shares took a breather on Wednesday, struggling for traction as some investors locked in profits from the markets' recent rally while a bit of yen strength capped the upside for Japanese stocks.