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The eurozone has come out of recession, recording GDP growth of 0.3% in the second quarter to bring a record 18-month contraction to an end.

T Rowe Price European equity specialist Andrew Clifton reveals five of the best European banks to back against the backdrop of improving sentiment in the eurozone.

A senior Federal Reserve economist has criticised the European Central Bank for resisting further monetary stimulus.

Kenneth Orchard, portfolio manager for European fixed income at T Rowe Price, has revisited eight key themes he identified at the beginning of the year as ones to watch for investors.

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is holding a competition to find the best plan for a 'Brexit' - a UK exit from the European Union.

Mark Hargraves, senior portfolio manager at AXA Framlington (an expertise of AXA Investment Managers), reminds investors that corporate profitability, where Europe scores highly, drives equity returns, not GDP growth.

Japan's main equity market surged to a five-year high on the first day of trading after the country's Golden Week public holiday.

Portugal's constitutional court has ruled against the country's planned austerity programme, putting its £78bn bailout package in jeopardy and creating a fresh crisis for the eurozone.

Institutional investors are likely to keep their cash in fixed interest this year and may even top up their holdings, despite talk of a shift into equities, said HSBC Global Asset Management's product specialist, fixed income, Brian Dunnett.