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Germany has agreed to give the EU's €440bn (£383bn) bail-out fund permanent status rather than letting it expire in 2013 as planned.

The investments, pensions and securities market is the least trusted by UK consumers, and thought as honest as the second-hand car industry by Europe.

Global currency wars pose "a real threat" to economic recovery, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, warns.

Aegon could relocate outside the European Union (EU) to stay competitive with global rivals once Solvency II comes into force, its CEO warns.

The European Commission will today reveal plans to fine countries posing a risk to the euro to prevent problems seen in Greece from happening again.

French MEPs may veto the Alternative Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) including a key provision for passporting of investment products, which would allow fund managers to sell products across Europe.

A group of countries including Germany and the UK have thrown their weight behind an EU proposal to fine member states for failing to cut their budget deficits.

Irish and Portuguese government bond yields have hit fresh lows amid mounting fears of growing economic divergence within the eurozone.

Trade unions in France began their second 24-hour strike last night in protest against President Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.

City banks are being warned by police of a "real and ever-present" threat from the Real IRA.