European Central Bank (ECB)

SINGAPORE (July 6): Deutsche Bank Wealth Management is retaining its “overweight” stance on emerging market (EM) equities, particularly Asia ex-Japan, as it deems the region’s economic landscape as supportive and its valuations reasonable.

(July 4): And the Brexit winner is … Frankfurt? Could it really be? The city on the banks of the river Main had ambitions for decades to establish itself on a global map. It wanted to become West Germany’s new capital after World War II, only to lose

(June 12): Investors who fret about when and how global central banks will run down their crisis-era balance sheets can be relaxed about the biggest of them all – China’s.

SINGAPORE (June 1): Europe is now threatening to be an outlier in the “as good as it gets” investment theme as its cyclical improvement continues to gather speed, according to Bank of Singapore (BoS).  

(Dec 8): The European Central Bank expanded its quantitative-easing programme to exceed 2.2 trillion euros ($3.3 trillion) by the end of 2017, buying at a reduced monthly pace with the caveat that it can step up or prolong purchases if needed.

BERLIN (June 8): The European Central Bank takes a step into uncharted territory Wednesday when it buys bonds issued by companies, in a bid to kickstart sluggish growth and inflation in the eurozone.