With property in a rough patch, don’t dismiss holding cash

The turmoil following the collapse of Lehman Brothers three years ago was an opportunity to reform the world’s financial system. It was missed...

Billionaire hedge-fund managers didn’t cause the crisis, so tougher regulation would be a mistake

Berlusconi’s role in the euro bailout, Ashton’s disappearing act and Mandy’s swansong

The inclusion of countries like Greece in the eurozone was a triumph of political will over economic reality. Now the laws of economics have reasserted themselves and opened the biggest crisis in EU history

Thanks to the efforts of one senator, US lawmakers are realising that Wall Street must be reeled in if the economy is to prosper