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The German Chancellor was forced yesterday to issue an emergency statement promising aid to Greece - but her words failed to quell bond market speculation that Berlin might not support the eurozones 30 billion rescue package.
Merkel keeps Greece in suspense over rescue
The extra yield demanded by investors to take on Portuguese sovereign debt compared to safe German government Bunds rocketed to an all-time high yesterday: 205 basis points against 193 on Friday.
Who's next? Markets hunting for PIGS
Surging flows of capital from the west into emerging economies threaten asset-price bubbles that could trigger a new phase to the global financial crisis, one of the UK's leading banks said today.
Standard Chartered warns of bubble in emerging markets
Wall Street banks are to be forced to hive off swaps and derivatives desks if they want to continue to access the Federal Reserve's discount window, under proposals included in the final Senate regulatory reform bill.
Wall Street banks to be forced to hive off swaps and derivatives desks
US Senate Democrats failed last night in their attempt to press ahead with President Obamas Wall Street crackdown. Republicans voted down a proposal to bring a financial reform Bill written by the Democrat Senator Chris Dodd to the floor of the Senate for debate. Democrats hope to hold another vote later this week.
Democrats lose vote on Wall Street crackdown
Warren Buffett - the man who called derivatives "weapons of mass financial destruction" - has been attempting to influence the outcome of the US's financial regulation reform in favour of his own derivatives business.
Warren Buffett lobbies for exemption on derivatives as US financial reform nears
The number of hedge funds and sophisticated investors using exchange traded funds to execute their strategies in Europe rose substantially in the first quarter, industry experts have told FT Alphaville. Industry experts have linked the rise to the products becoming easier to short in Europe.
Hedge funds are starting to use ETFs in Europe
The timing could hardly be better for Alistair Darling. Nine days before the general election, share prices in the two banks he bailed out with taxpayers' money are sitting on paper profits of more than 9bn and rising.
Lloyds and RBS shares rise to give taxpayer potential 9bn profit