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Election drama and political uncertainty may be exercising the market in the UK, but sharp falls overnight in stock markets round the world were a reaction to a different factor: the surprising complacency demonstrated by the European Central Bank (ECB)...

After the €110bn bailout of Greece on Sunday, Investment Week brings you a timeline of the country's economic turmoil in 2010.

Greece bowed to international pressure last week by formally requesting a bailout from the eurozone member countries and the International Monetary Fund.

Earlier this month the Bank of England announced a halt to its quantitative easing programme. Other central banks also have complex exit strategies to undertake. But how successful has QE been and did it have the desired effects?

The sharp rally in European equity markets appears to have run ahead of the fragile economic recovery but there still seems to be scope for further setbacks.

The European market has continued to rise, led by basic industries.

This week's Conjecture panel concludes there are decent returns to be had in equities over the next 12 months and the upswing we are witnessing among developed and emerging economies is synchronised and solid

The AIFM directive was drafted by the EU in response to what it saw as an absence of common regulatory standards for non-Ucits investment vehicles and there are six key issues that specifically affect the UK-listed closed-ended fund sector.

The European equity market rally shows no signs of abating. Bulls are in the ascendency, with their appetite for risk sending stock indices to new highs for the year in September. Banks have led the charge, as a number of lenders reported excellent quarterly...

While central banks and governments have started to think about how they might navigate a return to normality, there is little evidence that an exit is imminent