Europe

The European equity market rally shows no signs of abating. Bulls are in the ascendency, with their appetite for risk sending stock indices to new highs for the year in September. Banks have led the charge, as a number of lenders reported excellent quarterly...

Take a moment, investors, to mark the fall 20 years ago of the Berlin Wall - a visible, tangible end to an era, delivered in a few short episodes of confusing, inspiring, gut-wrenching events. The so-called experts fell silent, while the masses gained...

European Opps manager felt too much was being discounted on the downside

The attempted harmonisation of European economies through monetary union cannot be described as an overwhelming success story.

Mark Holman believes mortgage-backed securities still provide opportunities to pick up good income yields

European equity markets have rebounded strongly since hitting lows in early March as the economy has recovered more rapidly than forecast and financial markets have begun return to some sense of normality as the credit crisis has eased.

European equity markets are currently trading on 12x earnings and remain attractive compared to global equity markets.

What are the objectives of the climate change summit in Copenhagen in December this year, and what would failure to meet these objectives mean?

With the financial panic over, we have seen a ‘relief rally' in stock markets as the risk of financial meltdown has been transferred to governments via rescue packages.

Recent fund gains have been generated by stock selection and sector allocation