Global

Rajesh Shant, manager of the Newton Continental European fund, takes a closer look at the circumstances surrounding the eurozone crisis.

Three top multi-managers tell Joanna Faith which blend of funds they use to get access to emerging Europe following the sector's resilient response to the financial crisis

Slovakia has stalled in ratifying measures to revamp the eurozone's European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) rescue fund, intensifying the threat of contagian within the continent.

The head of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to be quizzed by MPs this afternoon over claims he allowed Goldman Sachs to escape £10m in interest payments on an offshore tax avoidance scheme.

French bank Société Générale was the victim of an alleged multi-million pound fraud which occurred within weeks of the much-publicised €4bn fraud by rogue trader Jerome Kerviel - but it was never disclosed to shareholders.

Jason Hepner, CFA, investment director of global strategy at Standard Life Investments, steps up to our Soapbox

We were delighted to welcome Fidelity's Anthony Bolton as the keynote speaker at the Investment Week Senate Autumn Conference 2011.

US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has told Congress the US economy is "close to faltering" and more action may be needed.

Confidence in the UK economy amongst advisers has fallen by 5% this quarter, Skandia says.

Another year, another Japanese prime minister. Thankfully, when we buy Japanese equities, we are buying Japanese companies, not the Japanese economy and certainly not the Japanese government.