Italy

7IM's Alex Scott has begun switching out of corporate debt in favour of Spanish and Italian bonds on a large proportion of the group's funds, ahead of any rise in government bond yields.

Tim Drayson, economist at Legal & General Investment Management, reviews the recent pledges of the world's largest central banks and their potential impact on the "great muddling through"

Fidelity's Ian Spreadbury has snapped up some Italian and Spanish sovereign debt, as well as corporates in both regions, to provide his funds with some extra yield.

France's economy is looking increasingly troubled and it could be the next eurozone domino to fall, investors at Legal & General Investments and Carmignac Gestion have warned.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in jail for his part in a six-year old tax fraud case.

The euro has hit a two-month high against the US dollar as the European Central Bank's bond-buying plans bolstered the single currency.

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Guy Foster, head of portfolio strategy at Brewin Dolphin, discusses the progression of the eurozone crisis in light of the latest policy shift.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has described a psychological rift deeply ingrained within the eurozone that could potentially rip Europe apart.

M&G's Michael Riddell has put 10% of his International Sovereign Bond fund portfolio in Italian government bonds in anticipation of a fresh liquidity injection from the European Central Bank.