?Glen Finegan, Head of Emerging Market Equities, provides a detailed update on the Henderson Emerging Markets Strategy, covering recent market drivers, performance and activity, and his outlook for the asset class.

Our recommendations proceed from three factors, which are that macroeconomic risks (US cycle, Chinese cycle, upturn in crude prices to around USD 40/bbl) will subside in the short term, that QE will be ramped up by the ECB (from EUR 60bn to EUR 80bn) and, finally, the risk of a British exit (23 June referendum).

The California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) Board of Administration (Board) today laid out a path to review all of the System's existing divestment initiatives, including tobacco. Based on directions given to CalPERS staff, the Board will consider reinvestment in tobacco after thorough review, study, and stakeholder input.

JPY and Japanese equities were the outcast of the rally, in diffidence of Abenomics' and BoJ's chances of success. They bear a risk of a reversal ahead of the coming BoJ meetings (April 28 & June 16) and the July Upper House election.

With the market already down more than 20% (the Russell 2000 lost -25.7% from its high on June 23 2015 to February 11 2016), research by Royce reveals that in eight of the nine previous bear markets within the Russell 2000, the market was up on average 17.3% over the following 12 months.