Credit Suisse

UK Equities

Annabelle Williams speaks to Credit Suisse's Rajiv Punja about his bets on disaster reinsurance.

Standard & Poor's has cut the credit ratings of Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank due to "uncertain market conditions".

Blackrock has completed the purchase of Credit Suisse's ETF business as part of an expansion into the Swiss market.

EQUITY INCOME

Europe is on the road to economic recovery as Ireland becomes the first country to emerge from the financial crisis, according to T. Rowe Price's European equity manager Dean Tenerelli.

BIG INTERVIEW

Neil Veitch, manager of the SVM World Equity fund, has benefited from increasing exposure to financials in the last six months, as the loosening of Basel III requirements for banks has boosted the sector.

Mercer's Paul O'Connor is to join Henderson as a director on its multi-asset team.

BlackRock has entered a definitive agreement to acquire the exchange-traded funds (ETF) business of Credit Suisse, in a deal set to complete by the end of the second quarter.