Was this the International Monetary Fund talking?
Miranda Xafa, a former executive board member at the International Monetary Fund, talking about Greece and its financial crisis.
Charles M. Ober, who manages the $1.1 billion T. Rowe Price New Era fund, talked last week about developments in world petroleum markets and their effect on oil stocks.
Last week, Elizabeth J. Allan, a senior vice president at Scudder Kemper Investments and an analyst for the Japan Fund, talked about the Bank of Japan and the outlook for Japanese equities.
Anna M. Dopkin, manager of the $340 million T. Rowe Price Financial Services fund, talked on Thursday about when the good times might roll again for the brokers.
Ambika Sampat from Acumen – a non-profit venture fund – talked about her organisation's work on measuring impact, not just on inputs (what is given financially, or in other ways).
JJB Sports saw a jump in its battered share price today after confirming it was involved in funding talks with a potential strategic partner.
He said: "The numerous inter-party party funding talks over the last decade have failed to reach any consensus – they were too focused on complex and controversial structural changes.
