Japan

Japanese equities plunge 5%

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Asian markets took a tumble overnight as the price of crude oil continued to sink.

Investors had to negotiate challenging times in 2015

Fund success stories (and some stragglers)

Fund managers give their views on the key issues impacting global asset classes and outline how they are positioning portfolios.

Ian Aylward has cut Aviva Investors' multi-manager exposure to US equities to an underweight position for the first time since 2011, fearing the stocks are deeply over valued.

Multi-asset managers are adopting a range of strategies to protect portfolios if asset class correlations begin to break down, turning to sector-specific investments and raising cash.

Japan came out of a recession last year after two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

Germany's 10-year government bond yield slipped below Japan's for the first time on record today.