2-year bond yields hit eight month high
Now the UK's Brexit referendum is old news, Europe's troubled peripheral economies are once again under the spotlight as political deadlock in Spain and Greece's growing debt burden cast a shadow on their recovery prospects.
We find ourselves back in the middle of yet another springtime negotiation between Greece and its creditors - roughly a year on from a crisis that ended in capital controls, a return to a recession, and a 68% fall in the stockmarket index from its 2014...
Follows Italy's Atlante fund
Greek debt crisis could re-emerge
Aims to support eurozone's third-largest economy
How will investors view 2015? They appear to have been riding a rollercoaster of hopes and fears, from the highs of the FTSE 100 breaking 7,000 in March, to the lows of August's Black Monday sell-off.
Which companies fell by the wayside during this year's volatility?