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Franco-German dreams of European integration are on the rocks

by Kai Weiss | Jan 30, 2019 | Political Insider

While all eyes were on Davos this week, the German and French governments were having an altogether more significant pow-wow in the western German city of Aachen. It was in the same place, once Charlemagne’s capital city, that Emmanuel Macron received, appropriately...

Lending Smart In 2018

by Richard Dakin and Dominic Smith | Mar 28, 2018 | Investor's Notebook

Comparing returns, and risk, for debt markets across Europe has historically been nigh-on impossible due to a lack of data. But new research from CBRE will help existing and new lenders determine strategy from a position of greater understanding. The data show that...

Euro property investor

by Michael Walton | Feb 16, 2018 | Investor's Notebook

I have been active in the European real estate markets for over 30 years with a focus on the more liquid north-western countries. I have worked for agencies (Knight Frank and CBRE), an accountancy practice (Touche Ross) and investment banks Lazard Brothers and...

Europe faces macro storm clouds this autumn

by Matein Khalid | Jul 10, 2017 | The Macro View

European equities were the classic ‘pain trade’ of 2017, the bull market’s wall of worry was scalable, even a slam dunk. Geert Wilders and Marine Le Pen were defeated in the Dutch and French election, reducing political risk in Europe. Greece got its...

Saudi Arabia and the age of shale

by Matein Khalid | May 30, 2017 | The Macro View

Saudi Arabia engineered a short covering rally and cyclical bottom in Brent crude with its 15 May agreement with Russia to roll over last November’s oil output cuts for another nine months. The kingdom has, in essence, resumed its traditional role as the ‘swing...