Opinion

Column: Amy Falls

Markets are ignoring the likelihood of rate rises in the US. But inflation, dollar weakness and private equity exuberance may herald the sudden return of interest rate risk

Column: John Birdwood

Investors of a certain vintage will know that there's nothing new about the subprime boom and bust. Savings and loan associations in the 1980s went through a similar ordeal

Unthinkably favourable

Imagination in stress testing demands unorthodox thinking, as even seemingly favourable events can have negative consequences. In the case of the oil markets, this means stress testing for a fall, as well as a rise, in oil prices, argues David Rowe

Editor's letter

Efforts towards more coherent marketing principles and educating advisers - rather than increasingly fanciful underlyings or payouts - are surely more important for the future of the industry

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