greece

Paul Burgin talks to strategic bond managers about the challenging times the sector has recently faced.

Banks in the eurozone will suffer "considerable" loan losses in 2010 and 2011, potentially leading to €195bn (£165bn) in futher write-downs, the European Central Bank (ECB) warns.

Trevor Greetham, manager of Fidelity's Multi Asset Strategic fund, looks at how the crisis in Greece and peripheral Europe may affect your clients.

Advisers are set to benefit from the recent equity market volatility, caused by the General Election and the Greek debt crisis, as yields have been increasing on capital at risk structured products.

Investors are risking their money by moving it in an over-optimistic reaction to the UK political deal, Bestinvest warns.

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.

In crisis talks over the weekend, EU finance ministers and the IMF agreed emergency measures worth €750bn to try and prevent contagion from the Greek debt crisis affecting other countries in the eurozone.

Greece has won some respite after Germany's parliament voted in favour of the controversial bail-out plan as Chancellor Angela Merkel warned EU economic stability was at stake.

US stocks plunged to lows last seen in 1987 last night, amid speculation a trader entered a "b" for billion instead of an "m" for million when placing an order.

UK banks risk having their credit ratings downgraded because of the poor state of the country's public finances, warns ratings agency Moody's.