Europe

CQS was the most recent asset manager to give its London client conference the theme of ‘uncertainty' - around the global economy and asset classes - but it will not be the last.

The eyes of the world's investors will be on the European financial markets this morning after a day in which eurozone debt fears saw the FTSE suffer its heaviest one-day fall in two months.

ON EUROPE

Pick a term, any term. ‘Reprofiling', ‘restructuring' or a plain old ‘default' - there is only so far you can disguise the inevitable.

Dromeus hedge fund manager Jason Manolopoulos argues Greece's ‘odious' debt was incurred by politicians with a self-granted veil of impunity

Yields on Greek 10-year government bonds have rocketed to record levels as fears rise the nation could default on its debt repayments, the FT reports.

Arguments for the beleagured Europe ex UK sector are getting stronger, but growth figures flatter the region warn managers

Dominique Strauss-Kahn this morning gave in to mounting pressure following his arrest for an alleged sexual assault by resigning from the IMF.

LVAM's Mark Page and Laurent Millet are joining Artemis' European equity strategies team in early September.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's role as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) looks increasingly untenable following comments from US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner he "cannot run" the IMF.