Europe

Europeans put a net €283.1bn into investment funds last year, the highest amount since 2005, with flows into bond funds the "defining feature", according to Lipper

Threadneedle has closed its European Smaller Companies Crescendo hedge fund and launched a new absolute return portfolio focused on the region.

Professional Adviser's editorial director Lawrence Gosling spoke to BlackRock's European Dynamic fund manager Alister Hibbert at the end of 2010 about prospects for equity markets, the euro and dangers from the peripheral nations.

Laurent Kssis at LaBranche Structured Products Europe (LSPE) discusses European ETF trades for the week ending 11 February.

Insurers could be prevented from using age, health and any other form of differentiation to underwrite and price products if a French administrative authority has its way.

A permanent €500bn (£420.3bn) bail-out fund has been set up to support countries in the eurozone.

In the latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate, our panelists from LV= and Threadneedle discussed European Equities.

The BoE risks making the UK's debt problem bigger if it raises rates above 0.5% in the near-term to tackle "one-off" inflationary pressures, says the head of portfolio management at Prudential.

FSA chief executive Hector Sants has won a seat on the management board of the new European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), with two more senior FSA staff taking key roles at other EU watchdogs.

Exchange-traded product provider Source has made a series of appointments, boosting its presence in the European market to take advantage of developing growth opportunities.