Debt

Germany's debt to GDP ratio is set to fall by 2.6 percentage points after officials discovered an accounting error at a government-owned bad bank.

Henderson head of SRI George Latham believes we are building up ecological debt just as we accumulated financial debt in the past.

Fears over liquidity and sovereign debt contagion mean the threat of nationalisation has spread to leading players in Europe's banking sector.

The OECD has urged global economies, particularly Europe, to take "credible steps" to curtail debt as it said the recovery has ground to a halt.

Jeremy Thomas is manager of the Allianz RCM UK Growth fund......

Nancy Curtin is chief investment officer of Close Asset Management......

£4bn Newton Real Return suffers short-term performance dip on misjudged currency bets.

Recent market sell-offs have prompted Henderson's Emily Adderson to buy distressed European banking stocks after sharp share price falls.

Jupiter's Guy de Blonay has called for European authorities to take further action in supporting markets or the sovereign debt crisis will spread to other eurozone economies.

With the US on the verge of pushing through a deal to raise the country's debt ceiling by at least $2.1trn, American comedian Remy Munasifi gives his own unique take on the proposal.