Europe

Every once in a while I am forced, reluctantly, away from my ivory contrarian tower, and dumped on to the mean streets of middle Britain to talk to actual, real, living investors and their advisers.

Follows Draghi's QE re-examination

Valuations can, on a long-term view, offer significant opportunities, according to Vincent Devlin, co-manager of the BlackRock Greater Europe investment trust

Alternative assets have dominated investment trust fundraising in 2015. A significant portion of the record net £3.9bn raised since the start of the year to 14 September was allocated to higher-yielding vehicles in areas including specialist debt and...

Clamp down on retail products

All eyes on December meeting

VW and Deutsche driven down prices

Based on existing institutional strategy

Stability threatened by further EU integration

Follows significant investor demand