Is January's market turmoil a sign of worse to come in 2016?

PP asks if schemes should be worried about big surges in volatility

Stephanie Baxter
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Financial markets have seen one of the worst starts to a year since 2000. Should schemes be worried, asks Stephanie Baxter?

At a glance China's markets fell dramatically in the first week of January, pulling down global markets including the FTSE Rather than a sign of a 2008-style crisis, it is more a sign of...

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