While US equity markets are setting new all-time highs and inflows into emerging markets are picking up, spurred by the global improvement in the macroeconomic news flow, the Natixis risk perception index (RPI), covered at regular intervals in our publications, has declined to more than 2-year lows, camping below 20% since the start of August.

According to Bartosz Golba, Senior Analyst for Wealth Management at Verdict Financial, Despite the initial turmoil caused by the UK's vote to leave the EU, the value of UK individuals' savings and investments will not decrease significantly in the long term...

The generally high capital and strong asset quality of banks in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria should be underscored by the European Banking Authority's 2016 stress test, yet significant weaknesses could still emerge, especially among German and Austrian lenders.

Europe's upcoming stress test results look set to emphasize differences in bank asset quality between Spain and Ireland, where the state has been able to intervene, and Italy, which is still trying to solve an enormous NPL problem.

Ahold Delhaize celebrated its first trading day on Euronext. Following the successful merger of Ahold and Delhaize Group, Ahold Delhaize began trading on the Amsterdam and Brussels markets of Euronext. As of today, the company is part of the flagship indices of Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels; the AEX® and the BEL 20®.