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It may have a stomach-churning roller-coaster performance during the crisis behind it, but steely-nerved emerging-markets pundits are again talking up Russia, which they say is no longer primarily a commodities story.

Investors looking to tap into returns through the environmental sector now have access to four thematic plays in one fund - the Pictet-Environmental Megatrend Selection.

As summer limps to a rainy close – here in northern climes at any rate – what does the rest of the year hold for the markets? The tone of much of the recent commentary is cautionary.

Three Islamic investment teams from Malaysia, south-east Asia and Kuwait have been brought under a single fund structure and their offering is now available through a Guernsey-based, protected cell company called the World Shariah Funds, launched by Argyll Investment Services.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has highlighted the fact that many pension funds are not doing enough to manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, suggests Fair Pensions, a charity that campaigns for pension funds and fund managers to adopt responsible investment practices, in a commentary released on Friday.  

Invesco has launched a Latin American equity fund to give offshore investors access to the potential returns from the region, after seeing strong demand from their Middle Eastern client base.