August 2011
Opinion Today’s European country in the sovereign debt crisis spotlight is…France
Russell Investments’ Chief Investment officer – Client Investment Strategies Erik Ristuben explains why the European sovereign debt crisis is spilling over into France
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August 2011
News Record purchase of bonds by the ECB
The European central bank revealed on Monday it bought for 22 billion € of sovereign debt last week as part of its plan of bond purchasing program, activated to stop the debt crisis contagion to other countries in the Euro (...)
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August 2011
Kiosk Crisis, stock market crash and risk management in 2011
Turmoil around sovereigns’ solvency and the strong market drop currently observed raise many questions and misunderstandings. Taking a short break to look back at some analysis and themes developed throughout the year seems then (...)
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August 2011
Strategy Nordic Sovereign bonds, the last safe investment in Europe?
The yield of the Swedish 10 year notes fell to a new historical low. A move which indicates that Sweden is viewed by Investors as a new hedge…
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August 2011
News Rumors were close to destroy the Société Générale
4 Billion losses related to ETFs, losses in its Greek subsidiary and ECB rescue amounting € 5 Billion...this is an anthology of the rumors that ran in the markets about Société Générale.
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August 2011
News ECB to buy Italian and Spanish bonds
The European Central Bank, which has announced strong intervention on the markets, will buy Italian and Spanish debt according to a source close to the bank
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August 2011
Opinion Investors and sovereign debt: a love-hate relationship?
Rarely has the relationship of investors with sovereign debt been more ambivalent. The Western media tell us that we face a debt crisis, with debt-to- GDP ratios approaching 100%
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August 2011
Opinion Greece rescue - Behind the scenes
Debt rescheduling, monetary policies questioning and EFSF bond purchases in the secondary market. These are the key steps of a plan that should not significantly affect banks’ net income but rather spread economic losses over (...)
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July 2011
Note What is penalizing the industrialized countries?
The dynamics of Western countries are inadequate because, two years after leaving the recession behind, their economies still seem unable to implement a sturdy, autonomous trajectory of growth, explains Philippe Waechter, chief economist at Natixis (...)
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July 2011
Opinion Eurozone crisis – a constructive response
What the package has done is help to create a fire-break to avoid the spread of contagion throughout the eurozone.
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July 2011
Opinion Reviewing the bank stress tests – July 2011
As was seen during the stress tests carried out in July 2010, the latest ones published by the European Banking Authority on the 15th of July 2011 do not include a proper measure of market systemic risk. This hinders their (...)
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July 2011
News Chinese rating agency Dagong downgrades the U.S rating
The Chinese rating agency Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. has downgraded last Thursday the credit rating of the United States to A +, on negative watch for possible downgrade. The agency had already downgraded the rating of France and (...)
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July 2011
Note Euro zone bailout plans: origin and utilization
Back on bailout plans granted to countries in the Euro zone encountering severe fiscal deficits since May 2010. How are tens of billions Euros raised, what are they for, and mainly, are those amounts enough to re-establish the public finances and stabilize those countries (...)
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July 2011
News Greece rescue plan: The resurgence of structured finance?
The Greek rescue plan, suggested by a consortium of banks led by BNP Paribas, praises the techniques of structured finance, with this time the politicals’ blessing...
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June 2011
Note Sorting out the Greek issue
The aim of this short article is to set the ideas straight regarding the Greek situation. Several issues are considered, the first of which being that of economic growth. If the latter does not make any progress, it will be very difficult to reach public finance stability. (...)
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