Last week, equity performance resulted mixed after major indices tested a technical support and after US put/call volatility spiked up, testifying a short term surge in risk aversion. The MSCI World index's total return fell by 0.6% (S&P 500 -1.4%) but the EMU index overperformed at +1.1%.

People are drawing parallels with the Crimean annexation and sanctions put in place then - which heavily impacted the Russian market. But the macroeconomic Russian situation is very different today - it is much better...

According to Cyrille Geneslay, fund manager at CPR Asset Management, Donald Trump's stock is disrupting investors and this is capturing the rebound potential of the stock market. It says it has reduced its exposure to Japanese equities and European equities in the CPR Growth Reactive Fund ...

Heavy scrutiny by supervisors has put the balance sheet clean-up plans of Italian banks under the spotlight; reducing NPEs has emerged as a key element of the banks' business plans. Intesa and UniCredit look well placed to achieve their targets by 2021.

The order book reached an amount of more than €2.2bn, and was more than 4.4 times oversubscribed. The success of this transaction shows investors' strong confidence in Euronext's ambitions, strategy and solid credit profile.