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Things worth reading: 6th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … Exclusive: HSBC might pay $1.8 billion money laundering fine – sources SEC charges Wells Fargo banker, nine others with insider-trading StanChart to pay $330m settlement on Iran Bank sees $330m Iran settlement Citigroup's new chief cuts 11,000 jobs as 'logical next step' £40bn of UK money in Swiss banks…

Things worth reading: 6th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … Exclusive: HSBC might pay $1.8 billion money laundering fine – sources SEC charges Wells Fargo banker, nine others with insider-trading StanChart to pay $330m settlement on Iran Bank sees $330m Iran settlement Citigroup's new chief cuts 11,000 jobs as 'logical next step' £40bn of UK money in Swiss banks…

Things worth reading: 5th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … HSBC in $9.4bn Ping An stake sale HBOS 'lent too aggressively' admits former chairman HBOS bank 'took on too much risk' Mark Carney will have too much power as Bank of England Governor, warns Adam Posen Former FSA chief Hector Sants in talks to join Deloitte AUDIO: Where are…

Things worth reading: 5th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … HSBC in $9.4bn Ping An stake sale HBOS 'lent too aggressively' admits former chairman HBOS bank 'took on too much risk' Mark Carney will have too much power as Bank of England Governor, warns Adam Posen Former FSA chief Hector Sants in talks to join Deloitte AUDIO: Where are…

Things worth reading: 4th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … Tchenguiz brothers to sue SFO for £200m over arrests HBOS chief James Crosby sold shares prior to collapse Swiss investments excluded from regulations Morgan Stanley trader was probed at Goldman: sources Spain requests €39.5bn bank bail-out, but no state rescue HBOS collapsed due to 'incompetence', admits former boss Sir…

Things worth reading: 4th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … Tchenguiz brothers to sue SFO for £200m over arrests HBOS chief James Crosby sold shares prior to collapse Swiss investments excluded from regulations Morgan Stanley trader was probed at Goldman: sources Spain requests €39.5bn bank bail-out, but no state rescue HBOS collapsed due to 'incompetence', admits former boss Sir…

Things worth reading: 3rd December 2012

Things we're reading today include … UBS near settlement with U.S., UK over Libor, may pay $450 million: NYT HSBC to start selling £25bn of toxic US debt Morgan Stanley trader probed over trades made while at Goldman French bank governor Christian Noyer calls for City of London to be sidelined as Europe's financial hub…

Things worth reading: 3rd December 2012

Things we're reading today include … UBS near settlement with U.S., UK over Libor, may pay $450 million: NYT HSBC to start selling £25bn of toxic US debt Morgan Stanley trader probed over trades made while at Goldman French bank governor Christian Noyer calls for City of London to be sidelined as Europe's financial hub…

The Finanser’s Week: 26th November – 2nd December 2012

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  £3 million from a simple ATM skim I was just surfing the BBC news for information about the new Governor of the Bank of England and found this as the #1 most viewed video clip today.  EMIR, LEIs and other clearing issues  Further to the launch…

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The Finanser’s Week: 26th November – 2nd December 2012

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  £3 million from a simple ATM skim I was just surfing the BBC news for information about the new Governor of the Bank of England and found this as the #1 most viewed video clip today.  EMIR, LEIs and other clearing issues  Further to the launch…

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