Continental Europe

The storm in Europe is winding down, according to analysts at S&P Capital IQ Equity Research who anticipate the fifth year after the financial crisis will see the beginning of a recovery for the European market.

European markets have entered 2013 on a positive note after the US Congress passed new tax legislation, and adding to the general exuberance and further bolstering risk appetites was the extension of the Basel III implementation schedule by European regulators,...

While public and private pension systems in the EU are under pressure, it is fundamental to evaluate the increasing funding needs, and decreasing funding basis of public pensions, a study by the EDHEC-Risk Institute warns.

Europe's competitiveness deficit, the competitiveness divide between Southern and Eastern Europe and their neighbours to the north, is the root cause of stagnating or declining growth, rising unemployment or fiscal instability in the region, the report...

The US Fiscal Cliff that was recently agreed could be seen as another kick of the ‘can down the road', but the American fiscal crisis has the potential to further complicate transatlantic cooperation, especially as G10 economies try to insulate themselves...

Confidence in a recovering global economy is extending into 2013 as investor fears surrounding the fiscal cliff eased, BofA Merrill's Lynch survey on 255 fund managers found in December.

Jan Häggström, chief economist at Sweden's Handelsbanken, has painted an improving picture of global growth next year, but one that leaves countries such as Spain stuck in a depression as bad as that seen in the 1930s.

European and UK institutional investors show growing, but in some cases limited familiarity of risk parity strategies according to an independent Europewide study, commissioned by alternative investment managers Aquila Capital.

Investors head into 2013 knowing that few of the fundamental economic problems in the developed world have been solved and many of them could remain unresolved throughout the year, according to Mark Burgess, chief investment officer at Threadneedle.

At the end of September, 32,138 mutual funds were registered for sale in Europe, of which 8,562 funds domiciled in Luxembourg, according to the lastest market outlook published by Lipper.