Europe

The European Central Bank is likely to hike interest rates just 25bp to 1.5% by the end of the year, as core inflation remains steady and has barely increased, said Alan Brown at Schroders.

With stronger than expected inflation readings in the eurozone, China and the US this month and the UK continuing to dramatically overshoot its inflation target, investors should be looking to protect their portfolios from the consequences of continued...

Cazenove's Tim Russell is stepping down from his position as head of pan-European equities.

The eurozone was a crowning achievement for many Brussels europhiles, of which they no doubt felt intense pride. As history shows again and again, it came before a fall.

The True Finns party has just won a stronger position in Finnish politics. This has a wider significance, because their platform includes refusing to join in any EU-wide bailout of Portugal.

ON EUROPE

Greece will be forced to restructure its sovereign debt in June 2013 when a spate of longer-term notes will need to be rolled over, according to Patrick Armstrong.

Head of European high yield at Aberdeen believes low interest rate climate makes income from high-yield bonds more attractive to investors

ON EUROPE

Back in July 2000 following the Asian crises, the IMF produced a report entitled "Currency and Banking Crises: The Early Warnings of Distress". The study looked at 102 financial episodes in 20 countries.