The volatility generated by political events, which put the markets on the back foot for much of this year, shows no sign of abating in 2017

For insurance companies, maintaining diversification in fixed income portfolios to take advantage of divergence will be critical in the year ahead

While predicting the final outcome of the UK general election and its impact on British financial assets is turning out to be quite challenging, investors should prepare for currency volatility in the months ahead

More than $100bn of new central bank money will be added to global financial markets each month, easily exceeding the peak $85bn per month injected by the Fed before the tapering of QE3

Expectations of abundant liquidity on the back of accommodative central bank policy has driven up stock prices over the month

But the recent volatility and spread widening have also created selective opportunities, particularly in emerging market debt for investors