Things we're reading today include ...
Companies
Santander set to buy all of RBS's Williams & Glyn
banks - The Independent
RBS in talks to buy Whiteaway Laidlaw - The Telegraph
RBS locks in directors with £17.8m share deal - The Telegraph
Standard Chartered looks to take next step in China
- The Times
Icap plans electronic interest rate swaps - Financial Times
Rights issues on LSE decline to zero - Financial Times
Markets
Hedge funds hit by May volatility - Financial Times
Guy de Blonay: 'Britain's banks will be under pressure
for some time' - The Telegraph
Irish government gets bigger stake in Allied Irish
Banks to cover dividend - The Telegraph
Dow crash: broker blamed - The
Times
Regulations and Reform
Coalition's reforms need to tackle excesses in Brussels
as well as banks - The Telegraph
Reforms to cost European banks £208bn in lost profit
- The Telegraph
EU prepares for hedge fund vote - BBC
Merkel: 'Bailout has bought only time, not a solution'
- The Times
Trichet calls for 'quantum leap' in eurozone financial
discipline - The Independent
Democrats open to talks on derivatives - Financial Times
Chris M Skinner
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