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Things worth reading: 3rd September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Complaints against UK banks rise by 15 percent: Ombudsman Stock offering plans by China's banks seen as short-term fix Co-op 'in cloud cuckoo land' over refusal to talk to bondholders Lawyers at top City firm 'earning minimum £1.3m a year' Citigroup sheds more than $6 billion in PE, hedge…

Things worth reading: 2nd September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Banks 'dump' thousands of loyal customers Author nails Fred Goodwin's colours to the past of RBS Deutsche Bank CFO: regulation has priority over dividend – paper HSBC to cease wealth management business in some MidEast countries Ackermann feared suicide would thwart Zurich performance drive UK banks pay £1bn to…

Things worth reading: 2nd September 2013

Things we're reading today include … Banks 'dump' thousands of loyal customers Author nails Fred Goodwin's colours to the past of RBS Deutsche Bank CFO: regulation has priority over dividend – paper HSBC to cease wealth management business in some MidEast countries Ackermann feared suicide would thwart Zurich performance drive UK banks pay £1bn to…

The Finanser’s Week: 26th August – 1st September 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The five greatest risks to banks Banks are considered to be stable, reliant and dull by the world, or that’s what we would like them to be. Instead banks are inherently risk managers, as we have now specifically realised in the past five years. Banks can……

Invest Northern Ireland

The Finanser’s Week: 26th August – 1st September 2013

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The five greatest risks to banks Banks are considered to be stable, reliant and dull by the world, or that’s what we would like them to be. Instead banks are inherently risk managers, as we have now specifically realised in the past five years. Banks can……

Invest Northern Ireland

Things worth reading: 30th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Bail us out or we go bust, warns Co-op Bank Co-op warns it will go bust if a £1.5bn bailout plan is not agreed Never mind values, the Co-op Bank needs to concentrate on survival Is the Co-op Bank worth saving? Lloyds Banking Group customers to be locked out…

Things worth reading: 30th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Bail us out or we go bust, warns Co-op Bank Co-op warns it will go bust if a £1.5bn bailout plan is not agreed Never mind values, the Co-op Bank needs to concentrate on survival Is the Co-op Bank worth saving? Lloyds Banking Group customers to be locked out…

Things worth reading: 29th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … U.S. Bank Legal Bills Exceed $100 Billion New scam pushes up card fraud losses BRICS agree capital structure for development bank: WSJ Merrill Lynch poised to settle race bias claim in $160m deal Angela Merkel says Greece should never have been allowed to join the euro Analysis: Girding for…

Things worth reading: 28th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Bank chairman bought luxury home with bailout money 'London Whale' boss arrested but pledges to fight extradition to US Ex-JPMorgan manager Javier Martin-Artajo held in Spain over 'London Whale' charges JPMorgan's former 'London Whale' supervisor arrested in Spain Shares in RBS on the slide as Andrew Tyrie renews call…

Things worth reading: 28th August 2013

Things we're reading today include … Bank chairman bought luxury home with bailout money 'London Whale' boss arrested but pledges to fight extradition to US Ex-JPMorgan manager Javier Martin-Artajo held in Spain over 'London Whale' charges JPMorgan's former 'London Whale' supervisor arrested in Spain Shares in RBS on the slide as Andrew Tyrie renews call…