Germany

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has unveiled 12 SPDR ETFs on the German Stock Exchange Xetra.

The index of 100 leading shares was down a third of a percent just after opening, as the markets await figures for UK growth.

Independent City economist Roger Bootle says soaring inflation fears are unfounded and UK CPI will 'collapse' by 2013.

Emma O'Neill, investment research analyst at OBSR, a Morningstar company, compares some of the Europe funds rated by the business.

Eurozone gross domestic product grew at its fastest pace in more than three years in Q2, official figures show.

Credit Suisse has appointed Levente Kulcsar and Annabelle Wegner to its ETF team in Germany and Austria, as part of the firm's plan to expand its ETF platform across Europe.

Dr. Slim Feriani, CEO of Advance Emerging Capital Limited, reviews the growing appeal of developing markets.

Medicals Direct has announced its expansion into mainland Europe with the formation of two joint ventures.

The German Government plans to outlaw the naked short-selling of all stocks listed on its exchanges, enlarging last week's contentious ban on shorting key financial stocks.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to exit the euro unless German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed the EU's €750bn safety net for the single currency.