The outlook for Europe looks cloudy as its two largest economies struggle. Comparatively, the UK is doing generally ok. It’s only the US that continues to power ahead.

Mariah Carey is back, Elf on the Shelf is loose, and our head of multi-asset, David Coombs, faces his annual predictions test. Will the team be naughty or nice when scoring David’s forecasts?

Watch David Coombs discuss the City Hive ACT Framework's role in fostering transparency, accountability and cultural change in investment management, and why fund selectors are pushing for more Signatories.

A plan to sort out France’s unsustainable state spending is in jeopardy as another government is threatened with dissolution by the parliament. Meanwhile, chances improve for a December interest rate cut in the US.