Portugal
08 May 2012
Baillie Gifford’s James Anderson has bought into the Italian stock market for the first time in years, claiming Italy is in a better financial position than the UK.
27 April 2012
It is fair to say Spain has had a turbulent 2012 so far.
24 April 2012
First State Investments’ emerging market and Asia Pacific specialist Angus Tulloch tells Kyle Caldwell about the macroeconomic headwinds preventing him from taking a bullish stance on the region.
20 April 2012
Gemma Godfrey, head of investment strategy at Brooks Macdonald, explains why significant risks remain despite some better news for Europe.
20 April 2012
Once upon a time, the framework used to analyse exchange rates used to be relatively easy to understand.
05 April 2012
Europe's economic and financial affairs commissioner Olli Rehn has warned Portugal may need a fresh bailout within a year.
26 March 2012
What a difference a few months make. Back in late November the roof seemed to be falling in on the European project.
19 March 2012
Giant bond fund PIMCO warned Europe has not got its debt crisis under control and will soon face a "second Greece" in Portugal.
25 February 2012
Standard Life Investments’ Euan Munro explains key trades driving performance.
17 February 2012
The fragility of the financials sector has been well documented after a turbulent 2011. Top managers reveal whether the tides are about to turn.
10 February 2012
Joanna Faith looks at whether now is a good time to invest in the first major euro victim of the credit crunch.
30 January 2012
The FTSE 100 has fallen 1.1% as concerns over Portugal and the continued lack of a Greek bond swap deal weigh on global markets.
23 January 2012
Rathbones' James Thomson has been running the £135m Rathbone Global Opportunities fund for eight years since its launch in November 2003.
23 January 2012
Standard & Poor’s raft of eurozone sovereign downgrades last week is the most headline-grabbing development since Investment Week last cast its eye over the state of play in Europe last November.
20 January 2012
Managers are confident the recent sell-off in equities presents a perfect entry point to an asset class on the brink of a rally. Maria Merricks reports.
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