European Central Bank

European equities have declined 26% during 2020 owing to the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Consequently, economic activity indices have declined to multi-year lows.

'Let the buyer beware'

Investors are grappling with the huge uncertainty caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic. The human and economic impact has been dramatic, both in its magnitude and in its velocity.

$57.9bn of trading losses for the month

Former Obama-appointed US Treasury official on recession outlook

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Investors could be forgiven for thinking that nowhere is an immediately appealing prospect for investment right now, least of all Europe.

The bull/bear debate in credit markets in 2020, is whether we face an early 1980s-type bear market or a 2008 valuation scenario.

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European economic data has been largely positive.