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Kames Capital's bond fund manager Stephen Snowden said the ongoing crisis in Europe has left gilts looking much more secure than bunds in the medium term.

European equity markets and the euro fell deeper into the red today as Germany failed to attract buyers to its latest government debt auction.

Fears over the European debt crisis have escalated as a €6bn German bund auction fell flat today, showing investors are now demanding even higher compensation from an asset class previously seen as a safe haven.

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A meeting in Berlin between David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be dominated by the European debt crisis, but is expected to also tackle the concept of a tax on financial transactions - known as the Tobin Tax - on which the two nations...

Germany has drawn up plans that would see Britain relegated to a group of countries which would not be part of the core of a new European Union, according to reports.

Moody's has downgraded the credit ratings of a number of German public-sector banks, saying there is a lower likelihood the German government will step in with a bailout.

Britain must give more to the European Union by agreeing to a Europe-wide tax on financial transactions, according to a senior German politician.

Bob Jolly, head of global macro at Schroders, has said Germany "loves" being part of the euro and suggested neither Greece nor Italy would exit the single currency for fear of the consequences.

Artemis' James Foster has challenged Germany's appetite to stay in the eurozone in its current form after another tumultuous week of market activity.