Much heavy lifting has already been done to raise European banks' capital ratios, as a new analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence shows —data drawn from 30 European banks, both eurozone and non-eurozone, shows that these institutions reported at the end of 2015 fully loaded common equity Tier 1 ratios of at least 10% and most announced leverage ratios of 4.0% or higher.

According to Shogo Maeda, Head of Japan Equities, despite the recent volatility, Japanese companies' prospects continue to look bright.

According to Wouter Sturkenboom, Senior Investment Strategist at Russell Investments, the European financial sector has been selling off very hard this year and there are genuine concerns which underpin the declines...

Natixis Asset Management foresees growth picking up in the euro zone, aided by an everaccommodating ECB, even if global growth should remain moderate again this year...

Sebastian Radcliffe, manager of the Jupiter North American Income Fund, comments on the decision by the US Federal Reserve to increase interest rates for the first time since 2006