VIDEO: Christine Lagarde: Passing the cap

One of the big stars of this year's Davos conference is International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde.

French finance minister, Christine Lagarde, has been in China to drum up support for her bid to get the top job at the International Monetary Fund.

Christine Lagarde is planning to visit China, India and Brazil to drum up support for her bid to head the International Monetary Fund.

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is visiting Japan, where she will meet with the country's finance minister.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) head, Christine Lagarde, has said that leaders in the Euro area need to indicate "at which pace they are going to move towards banking and fiscal union".