Asia

The FTSE 100 climbed this morning and Asian and US markets rallied strongly overnight as the Federal Reserve announced it would hold interest rates at close to zero until 2013.

Current extreme market volatility should be seen as an opportunity rather than an excuse to become more defensive, according to Anthony Bolton.

The FTSE 100 is now in the black in early trading after falling 1% on opening, after S&P's downgrade of US debt sparked a further share sell-off across the globe.

Asian stocks have slumped on Monday, extending one of the worst sell-offs in recent years, after Standard and Poor's cut the US's triple-A credit rating.

In this week's roundup ETFM brings you news of all the listings, filings and flows in the ETP market.

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Group gives Gait and Paul freedom to invest up to 20% in stocks listed outside region.

Asia will attract increased investor flows whether the global economic recovery begins firing on all cylinders or splutters to a temporary halt.

The manager of the £1.2bn Caledonia Investment trust is aiming to increase its yield by revamping it into a more concentrated portfolio.

Db x-trackers has listed three emerging market ETFs on the London Stock Exchange, tracking equities across Asia, Russia and Brazil.