All eyes on Thursday would be on Swiss and global regulators and how they move to deal - or not - with banking system stress centred now on Swiss lender Credit Suisse.
As well as ordinary shares, companies and other institutions issue preference shares and permanent interest-bearing shares (Pibs), which act more like fixed income securities. Rupert Hargreaves explains everything you need to know, and lists the highest-yielding Pibs and preference shares on the market.