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EUROPE: TIME TO BUY?

Don't listen to the scaremongering - with stocks on the rise and an improved macro outlook, Europe offers rich pickings.

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RISE OF THE INTELLIGENT ETF

OBSR investment research analyst Marianne Weller examines whether there is any value in UK government bonds and reveals the best gilt funds in the market.

John Husselbee, chief investment officer of North Investment Partners, on whether investors are better off sticking to last year’s winning asset classes or changing their strategy.

Mark Loosmore of IRESS surveys the new attitude-to-risk (ATR) tools deployed in the wake of the FSA’s suitability guidance.

UK markets were firmer today, reaching new highs for 2012 as investors went to risk-on mode, despite the threat of a stand-off between Greece and its bondholders.

Gervais Williams, managing director of MAM Funds, considers the industry’s increasingly-worrying obsession with indices and asks if this is the best way to service our clients’ needs.

The FTSE 100 opened flat on Wednesday after closing at its highest level for more than two months last night.