Traders reel amid new year global stock market rout

So much for easing into 2016. At AMP Capital Investors, in Sydney, Nader Naeimi’s inbox is clogged with recommendations to sell equities.

Hans Goetti, at Banque Internationale a Luxembourg, in Dubai, is assessing whether China’s sinking currency will unleash capital outflows that the economy can’t sustain.

In Denmark, Saxo Bank’s Peter Garnry is dealing with non-stop phone calls from clients.