As buy and sellside change perspectives during an aggressive and uncertain period in trading, the floors of many platforms seem ill at ease. Richard Martin investigates the intricate relationship between both sides of the market, their expectations, and the future for trading facilities

Michael Dynes investigates SMEs in Africa

Once dominated by neoliberal ideology, the financial crisis is returning the IMF to its Keynesian roots, Neil Baker

The financial crisis has forced a redraw of the pipeline map for EMEA, says Harry Wilson

While the Dow Jones Index, the FTSE 100 and other stock market indices may still be reeling from the fallout of the financial crisis caused by the collapse of the US sub-prime mortgage market, other markets are holding their own. Neil Hodge investigates

We hear from Austria’s former finance minister about the uncertain state of Europe’s financial situation. Who suggests that while the financial revolution of the last decade has been impressive, it hasn’t focused on welfare-generation; so what does that all mean in the face of deflation?

With several Eurozone economies about to slide into technical recession, the best hope is that the downturn will be short and shallow. Its time to cross your fingers and wait, says the OECD