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EUROPE NEWS

Gilt bull run still has legs - MAM's Gray

Investment Week | 10 Feb 2012

Owning gilts has made the single largest contribution to recent performance of the £761m Miton Special Situations fund, and there is more money to be made in the asset class, said manager Martin Gray.

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Greek hopes dashed as EU leaders reject austerity package

Eurozone finance ministers have rejected a reported €3.3bn package of Greek budget cuts, dashing hopes the country will secure more bailout cash and avoid default.

Investment Week | 10 Feb 2012

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AXA's Peirson: Forget the euro crisis - equities will rise in 2012

Equities are likely to post gains in 2012 whatever the outcome of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, according to Richard Peirson, manager of the £347m AXA Framlington Managed Balanced fund.

Investment Week | 02 Feb 2012

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Barings' Cole: Why we bought £350m in Italian bonds

Barings' multi-asset team has bought £350m in Italian government bonds in the expectation European banks will use the ECB's Long Term Recovery Organisation (LTRO) to buy government debt.

Investment Week | 02 Feb 2012

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Dr Doom: Euro must fall 30% to save Europe

The euro needs to see a sharp fall of at least 30%, bringing it into line with the US dollar, or else the eurozone is “doomed”, Nouriel Roubini has warned.

Investment Week | 26 Jan 2012

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IMF cuts UK growth forecast for 2012

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut forecasts for UK economic growth this year, warning GDP will grow by just 0.6% in 2012.

Investment Week | 24 Jan 2012

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Burnett: Three reasons I have moved back into defensives

Neptune's Rob Burnett has shifted his £946m European Opportunities fund back to a defensive stance in the view pressures in Europe, the US and China will result in 'vulnerable' markets for the rest of Q1.

Investment Week | 18 Jan 2012

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Threadneedle launches European AR fund for Doyle

Threadneedle has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled European Absolute Alpha fund for pan-European equity manager Paul Doyle.

Investment Week | 18 Jan 2012

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Markets shrug off positive macro data to slip into the red

The FTSE 100 opened lower this morning despite recent positive economic data, as rumours of a Fitch downgrade of Italy weighed on markets.

Investment Week | 18 Jan 2012

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S&P’s recession forecast worse than downgrades – Zangana

S&P’s latest raft of downgrades were largely priced into markets, but more worrying is its forecast of a high chance of a deep recession in the region, said Schroders’ European economist Azad Zangana.

Investment Week | 17 Jan 2012

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Eurozone crisis: All the reaction to the downgrades

The financial crisis engulfing the eurozone took a fresh twist on Friday after Standard & Poor's cut the credit rating on nine eurozone countries, including France's prized AAA, and Greece's debt talks collapsed without agreement.

Investment Week | 14 Jan 2012

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Swiss bank chief in line for £600,000 payoff

Swiss National Bank chairman Philipp Hildebrand will receive a CHF900,000 (£615,000) payoff as he leaves the central bank following a scandal over his wife’s currency trades.

Investment Week | 12 Jan 2012

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Why a twin track euro is the only way to save the currency

Ten years on from the introduction of the euro, opinion is divided over whether the troubled single currency can survive another decade, especially in its present form.

Investment Week | 11 Jan 2012

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UK 'may ramp up eurozone support' with more cash for IMF

Prime Minister David Cameron has left open the door to Britain giving billions of pounds of new support to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a move likely to infuriate eurosceptic MPs in his own Conservative party.

Investment Week | 09 Jan 2012

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Spanish banks ordered to find another €50bn

Spanish banks will be required to find another €50bn in provisions to make up for ‘bad property assets' as the government carries out further reforms on the financial sector.

Investment Week | 05 Jan 2012

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Being a long time motorbiker, I am very conscious of the ever present threat that comes from being unaware of what is in front of you.

Jupiter tops Alpha Manager provider list

Jupiter Unit Trust Managers employs the most FE Alpha Managers with 12 on the newly revealed list for 2012.

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Gosling's Grouse: Baying for blood

When a phlebotomist sticks a needle in a vein you pay attention. He or she has you just where they want you.

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FDR, Reagan, Clinton or Obama: When were markets strongest?

Three years into Barack Obama's term as US president, how do equity market returns under this administration compare with those seen under previous leaders?

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