Germany

Thames River's Peter Geikie-Cobb is looking to rebuild the US dollar exposure of his Global Bond fund to 75% over the coming month, having trimmed it to 50% in May.

The German Government plans to outlaw the naked short-selling of all stocks listed on its exchanges, enlarging last week's contentious ban on shorting key financial stocks.

At the beginning of this year, who would have bet on the potential disintegration of the euro?

Germany's decision to ban naked short-selling could be replicated in other markets as regulators panic, Gartmore's Ben Wallace believes.

M&G's Richard Woolnough discusses the market turbulence in Europe and why the developments could force investors to look elsewhere.

Allianz Global Investors believes the German ban on naked short selling is inadequate.

Investors in German equities do not expect the country's short selling ban on financials to have any material long-term effect on the country's stock market.

Germany's ban on naked short-selling in European sovereign debt, as well as shares in its 10 largest financial institutions, has sent shockwaves through global markets today. Here, M&G's Stefan Isaacs explains why the action appears to be largely symbolic...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to exit the euro unless German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed the EU's €750bn safety net for the single currency.

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