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Raj Shant, portfolio manager of the Newton European Income fund, on why investing in the region may not be for the faint hearted but opportunities do exist.
Spain has taken a 45% stake in Bankia, the country's third largest bank, following another day of sharp falls in the country's equity markets and gains in its bond yields.
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has cut Spain's credit rating two notches to BBB+ and warned of more economic pain to come.
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The recent weakness in Spanish bonds is not the start of a new phase in the eurozone debt crisis nor is it likely it will lead to a “new leg down in equities and other risk assets,” says Skandia Investment Group’s Head of Asset Allocation, Rupert Watson, commenting on the recent sharp selling of Spanish government bonds.
Spanish and Italian bond prices have continued their decline as G20 leaders told European politicians responsibility for the debt crisis lies with them.
Global markets have continued on a downward trend as fears re-emerged about the state of European and the US economies.
A "disorderly" default in Greece could cause more than €1trn (£833bn) damage to the eurozone, a confidential report has warned.
Graham Coxell, chief executive of Rowan Dartington, asks: if the US government has a debt pile approaching $15trn, who on earth is it in debt to, and what is the interest charge?
OBSR investment research analyst Marianne Weller examines whether there is any value in UK government bonds and reveals the best gilt funds in the market.
Jeremy Gleeson, portfolio manager at AXA Framlington, explains why interest in the technology sector is gaining pace.
Dawn Kendall, multi-manager at Architas, uses historical examples to pinpoint why the European monetary union is bound to fail in its present form.
Almost a quarter of all foreign exchange transactions in 2011 (24.99%) were sent to Spain. However, while France took the third spot with 14.83% of all transactions followed by the US in fourth place at 9.01%, one of the most surprising results was the volume of transactions sent to the UK last year, according to date by Currency Exchange Index.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is disbanding an overseas team of pensions officers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Yemen.
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