A leading financial adviser accused of a road rage hit-and-run incident can be named for the first time.

Concern about Europe's fiscal crisis was at the forefront of investors' minds again as they sold equities, the euro and European government debt.

The Labour Party's finance spokesman, David Cunliffe, raised some eyebrows last Thursday

The Labour Party has signalled a willingness to allow private capital into state-owned enterprises - at the subsidiary level.