Africa has long been a continent of unfulfilled promise but is it poised to finally become the economic force it wants to be? Investment in infrastructure like railways, roads and ports could light the touchpaper to a brighter future.

We are hearing increasing calls that ‘Abenomics’ — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s strategy for economic revival — has failed. We wish to challenge those voices.

Stimulus should be forthcoming and trade uncertainty relieved, even if Congress remains split

Myth 1: restricting migrants from the EU will lead to better prospects for UK workers

Myth 2: The UK's trade balance will collapse if we withdraw from the EU.

Myth 3 - Swiss financial services have thrived outside of the EU: this could be a model for the UK.

Myth 4: The UK's budget balance would improve substantially if we leave the EU.

Myth 5: foreign investors will withdraw from the UK if it leaves the EU.

As the Conservative Party spends the summer trying to find a new leader our head of multi-asset investments David Coombs looks at the potential impact on economic strategy.

This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the Russian Revolution. The communist uprising of 1917 was neither the first nor the last time that the country faced a chance to embrace freedom, yet on each occasion the opportunity has been lost. Are there any grounds to expect genuine change in the future or is the Russian psyche somehow inherently averse to democracy as we know it?

Quantitative easing and low interest rates may have helped restore economic stability, but they have failed to deliver meaningful growth. A growing number of economists and policymakers are blaming demographics — we are having too few babies and living too long.