Europe

Angela Merkel and Nicholas Sarkozy are set to meet today as political commentators warn Europe is entering the end game for the crisis, which must be resolved this week to save the euro.

Europe may see a ‘twin track' single currency emerge as the sovereign debt crisis unwinds, said Schroders' Richard Buxton.

Adrian Bignell's decision to avoid financials and overweight small- and mid-cap stocks helped him beat his European sector peers over the last three years.

Investment management firms' EMD heads at odds after country sees bonds downgraded to junk status.

ON EUROPE

The fund has broader remit than similar ethical products, including oil and gas exposure

Eurozone leaders' failure to call for ECB intervention on the continent's debt crisis at a press conference yesterday caused the euro to fall to a seven week low against the dollar.

A dire German bond auction rocked markets overnight, with Japan's Nikkei index hitting its lowest level since April 2009 as fears deepened over the eurozone crisis.

EUROPE ON THE BRINK

The ABI has warned Europe's biggest banks they could face a debt buyers' strike, amid an increasingly bitter feud over controversial changes to their bonds.