Europe

If you ask investors for their least favourite abbreviations from the crunch, CDO, CLO, RMBS and CMBS may spring up.

Hedge fund guru George Soros has argued the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) must take control of Europe's banking system if it is to solve the sovereign debt crisis without causing another banking collapse.

Greek government bonds yielding 15% are now ‘tempting' as the chances of the country being forced into a restructure over the next couple of years has been reduced, says Chris Iggo at Axa Investment Managers.

ON EUROPE

Europe's biggest banks must fully disclose their exposure to sovereign debts, as part of a new round of stricter stress tests.

If you have already invested for clients in an emerging markets fund, but now think a few bob in a US equities portfolio will do better this year, then stop.

In a short space of time as CEO of Matrix Asset Management, Angus Woolhouse tells Emma Dunkley how expanding the group's distribution capabilities has been essential to navigating Matrix in the right direction

The rapid rise in the price of crude is reviving fears of a double-dip recession, Chris Iggo at AXA Investment Managers says.

Gavin Launder, fund manager of the L&G Investments European Absolute Return fund, discusses whether a return to trend is sufficient for this large and diverse market.

Negotiations to find a solution to the European sovereign debt crisis will end in a messy compromise that fails to resolve the peripheral solvency problem, says Stuart Thomson at Ignis Asset Management.