Jens Weidmann, head of the German Bundesbank and a decision-making member of the ECB's executive board today said that the Bundesbank had begun making asset purchases under the ECB's 1 trillion euro quantitative easing program. Speaking to CNBC's Carolin Roth, Weidmann said he sees little risks to the ECB's balance sheet from the QE programme.
Robert Parker of Credit Suisse AMC sees global equity markets trade sideways with a downwards bias till September.