Europe

Henderson's director of pan European equities, Tim Stevenson, discusses the rally in European markets over the past six weeks and the ECB's rumoured plan to backstop the euro by capping Spanish and Italian bond yields.

Guy Foster, head of portfolio strategy at Brewin Dolphin, discusses the progression of the eurozone crisis in light of the latest policy shift.

Lord Rothschild has taken a near £130m bet against the euro through RIT Capital Partners, the £1.9bn investment trust of which he is executive chairman.

EUROPE

Finland's foreign minister said the country is taking measures to prepare itself for a full-blown currency crisis in Europe.

France's economy will slip back into recession in the third quarter, posting a 0.1% contraction, the Bank of France has warned.

Argonaut founding partner Barry Norris finds a glimmer of hope for the eurozone crisis in the latest comments by ECB President Mario Draghi.

RWC Partners is re-opening Ajay Gambhir's European Absolute Alpha fund after closing it last year.

London's leading index was 60 points higher in afternoon trading despite a slump in UK manufacturing data, as Next and Standard Chartered lifted the market.

M&G's Michael Riddell has put 10% of his International Sovereign Bond fund portfolio in Italian government bonds in anticipation of a fresh liquidity injection from the European Central Bank.