Negative Rates

Investing in Europe in 2020 – The Year Ahead

February 27, 2020 | File Under: BoE, Brexit, Charles Michel, Conte, David Sassoli, ECB, EU, Europe, Federal Reserve, France, Germany, Greece, Inflation, Ireland, Italy, Macron, Merkel, Mitsotakis, Negative Rates, Negative Yields, Netherlands, Rutte, Sanchez, SNB, Spain, Switzerland, Tariffs, TLTRO, UK, Ursula von der Leyen, Varadkar

An overview of some European key themes and political risks for 2020

2020 brings with it the 10th year of recovery since the global financial crisis. Equity markets continue to break records, ample credit is available, yet the bullish performance appears cosmetic at times and investing in Europe in 2020 is fraught with political risks. The US deficit doubled from $385bn to $779bn last year, the UK […]

Europe: Did the banks cry wolf on negative rates? (Euromoney)

February 4, 2020 | File Under: Banks, Credit, ECB, Mustier, Negative Rates, Riskbank, SNB, Sweden, Switzerland

“As the howls of anguish at negative interest rates reach a crescendo, central bankers and prominent economists are still convinced that Europe’s financial sector would be even worse off were base rates above zero.” – by Dominic O’Neill