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"Spain is like Ireland, Portugal and Greece, only more so," warns Stuart Thomson, Chief Economist with Ignis Asset Management.

Barclays could be poised to swoop on one of Spain's troubled regional banks in a multi-billion pound rescue deal, according to reports.

Source has launched its EuroStoxx Optimised Banks ETF, seeking to provide exposure to the most liquid eurozone banks.

Disposable incomes among British households are at their lowest peacetime levels since 1921, amid soaring inflation and low pay rises.

The Stirling Mortimer Global Property fund has so far been repaid just €3.5m of the €9.8m its lawyers misappropriated from its Cape Verde cell, leaving a €6.3m hole in the Spanish property vehicle.

Ratings agency Moody's has put Spain's credit rating on review due to concerns over the country's mounting debt.

Deutsche Bank and iShares are soon to list a whole range of ETFs on the Madrid Stock Exchange, after Spanish regulation changes have opened the way for certain fund structures to be tax efficient.

The number of IFAs facing issues with overseas property investments has soared over the last few years as the fall-out from the financial crisis has hit the schemes hard, according to a legal services firm.

Several of Spain's 18 savings banks have failed tests to see how they would cope with worsened economic conditions, according to reports.