Eurozone

  • carmignac gestion adds european equity

    carmignac gestion adds european equity

    Carmignac Gestion has hired Markus Kulessa from KPMG as a European equity analyst.

  • how the piigs could muck in with eurozone 2012

    how the piigs could muck in with eurozone 2012

    The eurozone is seemingly on its last legs, all else has failed so why not host a PIIGS Euro 2012 fundraiser jamboree?

  • recovery threatened by anti austerity brigade

    recovery threatened by anti austerity brigade

    With the unveiling of a newly-Socialist France and an indecisive Greece, investors might be feeling justified in having sold out of European equities in recent weeks.

  • ltro hides true state of misery in eurozone

    ltro hides true state of misery in eurozone

    The ‘sticking plaster’ provided by the ECB’s longer-term refinancing operation (LTRO) is hiding some stark truths, which Hermes’ Neil Williams aims to reveal with his ‘Misery Indices’.

  • uk misses its slice of pie

    uk misses its slice of pie

    The UK’s financial sector is at threat from the 23-member club created at the European Summit in the early hours of Friday morning, according to leading economists.

  • eurozone bond and government the only solution

    eurozone bond and government the only solution

    Bill Dinning admits that it won’t be easy, and that it will take time, but a fiscal union and a commonly issued eurozone bond is the only solution.

  • guy de blonay - euros defining moment edges closer

    guy de blonay – euros defining moment edges closer

    We are living the last few weeks of the euro as we know it, according to Guy de Blonay fund manager of the Jupiter Financial Opportunities Fund, who predicts December’s anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty to be a defining date in the eurozone debt crisis.

  • time for the ecb to sprinkle its fairy dust

    time for the ecb to sprinkle its fairy dust

    Once upon a time, in a kingdom not so far from here, there was a group of chums who thought it a great idea to strengthen their friendship through a shared currency.

  • pa analysis investors and managers in sync

    pa analysis investors and managers in sync

    If you close your ears to the constant bombardment of negative news from the eurozone, tough to do I know, there are actually some reasons for optimism starting to filter through investment circles.

  • can you solve a debt crisis with more debt

    can you solve a debt crisis with more debt

    The investment question du jour should be can you solve a debt crisis with more debt?”, says Bill Gross, managing director at PIMCO.

  • european deal sees greek haircut

    european deal sees greek haircut

    After 11 hour negotiations following months of conversations, a number of agreements have been reached to help reduce eurozone sovereign debt.

  • Optimism in Europe could be shortlived

    Optimism in Europe could be shortlived

    Rory Smith says optimism surrounding European progress towards a ‘grand plan’ to deal with the debt crisis is premature, and further tests are yet to come.