Economics / Markets

In the latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate, our panelists from Legg Mason subsidiary Brandywine Global and Newscape Capital Group discussed Currencies.

Greece has confirmed it received enough support from creditors to carry out a vital debt swap which drastically cuts the value of debt owned by bondholders.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to keep the interest rate at 0.5%, marking three years of the record low figure.

JAPAN

Ratings agencies have refused to apologise for mistakes made in the run-up to the subprime mortgage crisis - and warned more errors could be made in the future.

US RECOVERY

Ministers have been urged by an influential committee to draw up a plan of action to help the country cope in the event of a eurozone collapse.

London & Capital's range of ten actively managed risk-graded portfolios have been added to the True Potential platform.

BUDGET 2012

Business secretary Vince Cable has urged the government to make failed bank Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) a state-run business lender.