February and March will be crucial months for France, Italy, and Spain, says Groupama Asset Management, as the firm anticipates further sovereign, bank, and corporate downgrades in the Eurozone but calls for investors to hold their nerve amid the turmoil....

Brussels correspondent Luisa Porritt finds dispirited policymakers battling for the heart, and future, of Europe

In a week when Italian bond yields hit a euro-area high of 7%, and when the leaderships of Italy and Greece were changing, the mood inside Brussels has been sombre.

Nomura chief economist Richard Koo has told the CFA annual conference in Paris that further government stimulus is needed and fiscal deficits should be widened to bring growth to Europe and the US.

Christian de Boissieu, chairman of the economic advisory council to the French government and professor at Paris’ Sorbonne university, has accused Greek prime minister Georges Papandreou of putting forward “a trap” by calling for a Greek referendum on...

Paris-based Conviction Asset Management is seeking to capitalise on market fears by investing in Italian, Spanish and Irish bonds, even though its managers think risks posed by European sovereigns are higher than those facing its beleaguered banking sector....

Fifteen years ago, two hedge fund traders working for Credit Suisse were approached by Crispin Odey to replicate his successful asset management business for private clients. The result was Odey Wealth in Guernsey.

Fifteen years ago, two hedge fund traders working for Credit Suisse were approached by Crispin Odey to replicate his successful asset management business for private clients. The result was Odey Wealth in Guernsey, one of two wealth management offshoots...

Within a rapidly changing global finance industry, offshore centres are reassessing their identities and their place within it. Guernsey is one of them, but it has a difficult balancing act to strike between reaching out to new business and preserving...

A joint conference held by France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel aimed at restoring confidence to financial markets after more than a week of volatility has ruled out issuing euro bonds as a solution to Europe’s ongoing...