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... oil. What is the deep impact of a radically lower oil price?

The precipitous decline in the oil price has continued, with a further slump in Brent crude seeing it trade below $50 for the first time in more than five years.

Architas has launched a fund of funds designed to offer investors exposure to alternative asset classes such as infrastructure and forestry.

The price of Brent crude oil has fallen another 8% to $71 per barrel after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided not to cut output on Thursday.

Commodities: A slippery year

P2P in ISAs: Advisers on risk vs reward

Sector report: UK commercial property - treading a very fine line

EEA Group, the company behind the EEA Life Settlements fund, is urging investors who believe they were mis-sold the product to complain to the intermediaries who arranged the sale, following an alert by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Property exposure: Keep your eyes on the prize…

As a less daunting new breed of fund-of-funds comes to the fore, Charles Stanley’s Kris Barclay examines the pros and cons of their underlying strategies.