ECB

ON AA

European banks could seek up to €1trn in extra funding from the European Central Bank's (ECB) emergency funding scheme in the February auction.

Global equity fund managers have been too hesitant in moving to capture the US equity rally, Artemis Global Select manager Simon Edelsten has said.

Bond heavyweights have begun shorting UK gilts ahead of an expected correction, warning yields have reached ‘extreme' lows.

MOVING INTO 2012

ON EUROPE

Henderson's John Bennett has overhauled the Henderson European Focus trust, introducing more risk into the portfolio through active bets against the benchmark.

MAPPING THE DEBT CRISIS

Continued pressures on the eurozone and an environment of falling inflation will prompt the ECB to lower interest rates from 1% to 0.5% this year, according to M&G's Stefan Isaacs.

The European Central Bank has held interest rates at 1% but president Mario Draghi has voiced concerns over the situation in Hungary.