Europe

Europe faces several challenges, specifically German manufacturing, trade wars and Italian budgetary pressures.

Effects of low-interest rate environment

Europe has been held down by lack of improvement in US-China trade tensions, despite continued expectations for approaching rate cuts from both the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve.

Europe's run of poor manufacturing and trade data continued in June.

Region's equities are providing route to emerging market growth

A look at the companies disrupting sectors

Perhaps surprisingly, Europe was the second best-performing regional stockmarket in the world in the first half of 2019.

Follows criticism from UK regulators

Set to take Jupiter European Opportunities trust with him

After a spectacular rally that lifted all boats, equity markets have corrected heavily over the past month.