The coming months will be a time of both opportunity and risk, but investors shouldn’t be cowed into staying on the side lines due to uncertainty in the markets.

Tax hikes and rising inflation bode ill for the wealthy in what many are predicting will be a “winter of discontent”, and possibly several worrying seasons after too.

All eyes are on China’s reform programme and the huge, likely underappreciated implications for investors in both the Chinese market and elsewhere.

Inflationary fears are cranking up, but there is a lot that savers can be doing to lessen the erosive impact it can have on their wealth – starting today.

Pension shortfalls and rising private school fees top our users’ concerns as autumn begins.

Continuing opportunities in China, emerging market bonds and food production are top among the investment themes highlighted by our panel wealth managers this month.

As people approach retirement and become increasingly reliant on their investments, pensions and savings, a whole new raft of risks come into view.

Investors can pursue many exciting opportunities this summer, not least UK equity markets, which are in the “sweet spot of the cycle”.

Investment style, and in particular the concept of growth or value stocks, is vitally important to understand and could have a massive impact on returns