Media Room

EU summit will skirt the real issues

Sun, 6 Mar 2011 10:49:19 +0000

If the fixes agreed this coming week at the euro-area summit in Brussels are not permanent or sustainable, they better be replaced with much better ones, quickly, writes John Dizard, Iceland and Europe would be better off with rapid currency adjustments rather than slow bleeds

Funds seeking clues on rule approach by Esma

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:11:32 +0000

The fund industry is looking to see what Esma does with the AIFM directive to assess future direction of regulation

Investors' interests not coming first

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:02:46 +0000

Structured product providers appear to be trying to pass the buck and placing the blame for any mishap on the customer for 'mis-buying' rather than on themselves for mis-selling

Why speculators shun euro sovereign debt

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:53:26 +0000

With an announcement of some proposed debt crisis solution coming around the time of the March euro area summit, there could well be another short term pop in the price of peripheral market debt. Why should speculators take the risk, asks John Dizard