Equities
Emerging markets
The board of Anthony Bolton's Fidelity China Special Situations fund has bought back a further 750,000 shares in a bid to narrow its discount.
06 January 2012
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Economics
Spanish banks will be required to find another €50bn in provisions to make up for ‘bad property assets' as the government carries out further reforms on the financial sector.
05 January 2012
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Economics
Hungarian bond yields soared above 10% yesterday after the government cancelled a bond swap auction, increasing fears the country will be the first in the EU to default on its debt.
05 January 2012
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Europe
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has been forced to publish its central bankers' code of ethics after the governor's wife became embroiled in a franc swap scandal.
05 January 2012
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Emerging markets
Liontrust's Eoghan Flanagan has urged Chinese policymakers to accelerate monetary easing by the end of the year in order to help boost a slowing economy.
22 December 2011
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Economics
US stocks climbed overnight on upbeat economic data and a successful Spanish bond auction, lifting investor hopes of the fabled year-end 'Santa Claus rally'.
21 December 2011
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Economics
Around 10% of Hungary's local bond market is owned by Franklin Templeton Investments, according to reports.
20 December 2011
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Specialist
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world's richest men, has invested $300m in social microblogging site Twitter.
20 December 2011
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