Fidelity International's Trevor Greetham has warned the "fiscal masochism" of US and European policies is leading to a new risk of recession and stagflation.
Bank of America's share price fell by 20% as US financials were routed in Monday trading over growth fears and S&P's downgrade of the US credit rating.
The US was hit with a further blow today as Standard & Poor's warned the economy is unlikely to regain its AAA-credit rating anytime soon.
William de Broë, the private client subsidiary of Evolution Group, has acquired part of the wealth management arm of BNP Paribas.
The European Central Bank said last night it would "actively implement" its controversial bond-buying programme to fight the eurozone's debt crisis, signalling it will buy Spanish and Italian government bonds.