Credit Crisis
European Banks Rally: What Eurozone Crisis?
01/24/2012
High trading volumes indicate many payers are weighing in their opinion on the stock's value. So if European banks are trading up on high volume, it's a good indicator that multiple investors have faith in a recovery. But what evidence has spurr
London Financial Centre Won't Retrench To Pre-Big Bang Era
01/24/2012
Despite U.K. banks such as Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS) announcing thousands of job cuts, as finance continues its drift from west to east and regulation tightens its grip on European financial services, experts say the U.K. capital won't
Soros issues stark warning on euro crisis
01/10/2012
George Soros, the billionaire investor and chairman of Soros Fund Management, says the euro-zone debt crisis is "more dangerous" than the global downturn of 2008.
Big Banks Lower Outlook for Asia
01/04/2012
Senior bankers in Hong Kong, who are emerging from several weeks of tense budget meetings for 2012, say they are feeling pressure from their bosses to justify heavy investment across the region as trading volumes there and around the world shrink and ban
A Fresh Look at Risk and How It Matters to Advisors, Clients
01/04/2012
Even if policy makers in Europe solve the debt crisis swiftly and their U.S. counterparts come to agreement on how to handle this country's own debt woes, Wall Street expects markets will continue to gyrate unpredictably. After the last few years, ma
EU leaders move crisis down new road
12/13/2011
We believe that the European Union leaders’ agreement last week has delivered very little immediate relief for the on-going euro crisis and most materially there is no immediate commitment for unlimited European Central Bank bond buying.
Comment from Coutts on the Autumn Statement
11/30/2011
Chancellor Osborne recognised that growth would be significantly weaker than previously forecast and as a result there will be slippage in achieving deficit reduction targets.
European earnings outlook: Grim
11/18/2011
European earnings are down, but the picture is cloudy. Some sectors, such as technology and consumer cyclicals, have performed strongly, while others, most notably financials, have slumped.
Investors showing renewed confidence in global equities - survey
