ZEW: Global woes rattle German investors

Investor sentiment in Germany has shown an unexpected fall after rising steadily for the past five months, a closely watched survey has indicated.

Analysis: Spanish bailout raises the bar for Italy

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy must step up efforts to curb its colossal debt and revive growth to reverse negative investor sentiment that threatens to push it to the brink, despite a reform drive and a banking system sounder than Spain's.

Greek deal holdouts face long wait to pay day

LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - For a small band of bondholders refusing to sign up to Greece's debt restructuring, past experience shows they could more than triple their investments, but may have to wait decades for a payout.

UPDATE 7-Greek creditors bridle at demands, default fears grow

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Greece's private sector creditors warned on Monday that the Athens government must urgently break a deadlock in debt swap talks triggered by "unreasonable" demands from international lenders if is to avoid a disorderly default.

Qatar sovereign wealth fund: Europe in biggest crisis in 50 years

FRANKFURT: The head of Qatar's $100 billion sovereign wealth fund said Greece's debt crisis was Europe's worst in decades, telling a German newspaper Handelsblatt the outlook precluded making long-term investment decisions.

"Currently, we can only act with a view to the short term, longer term forecasts cannot be maintained in view of the insecure situation in Europe and the United States," Qatar Holding chief executive Ahmad Mohamed Al-Sayed was quoted as saying in an interview.