Finance & economics

From angst to action?

America's Federal Reserve must decide whether to raise interest rates on March 25th. Alan Greenspan's worries about equity prices have not made that decision any easier

Japanese property

Get real

Egypt's economy

Sinkhole no more

Small-company stockmarkets

Europe's growth industry

Less than two years ago, Europe had no stockmarkets for small, fast-growing companies. Now it has seven. Which, if any, will prosper?

Low returns, happy returns

International investment is in fashion. Should governments limit pension funds' holdings of foreign assets?

The Nomura scandal

Familiar sins

Ireland

Gael warning

Insurance and the Holocaust

Life insurance was a favourite investment of European Jews before the second world war. Where are those policies now?

Insurance broking

Risk advoidance