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The Finanser’s Week: 17th December – 23rd December 2012

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Season’s Greetings 2012 It's holiday time! The Finanser is now off on holidays until January 3rd, and wishes all of our readers the very best for the holiday season. Thinking about 2013, here's our message for the New Year … Were Skinner's 2012 predictions right? At…

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Things worth reading: 21st December 2012

Things we're reading today include … ICE to buy NYSE Euronext for $8.2 billion ICE agrees NYSE Euronext takeover ICE chief makes biggest bet with NY deal Liffe is the meaning of New York exchange bid Lloyds to pull packaged accounts RBS likely to be next to settle Libor-rigging claims Get tough on banks or…

Things worth reading: 21st December 2012

Things we're reading today include … ICE to buy NYSE Euronext for $8.2 billion ICE agrees NYSE Euronext takeover ICE chief makes biggest bet with NY deal Liffe is the meaning of New York exchange bid Lloyds to pull packaged accounts RBS likely to be next to settle Libor-rigging claims Get tough on banks or…

Things worth reading: 20th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … Scale of UBS Libor abuse 'shows why FSA is being dismantled' US charges two former UBS traders over Libor manipulation UBS fined over Libor-rigging: Banks should be banned not fined UBS Libor emails: 'I'll pay you $50,000, $100,000 … whatever you want' to rig rate, trader told broker UBS…

Things worth reading: 20th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … Scale of UBS Libor abuse 'shows why FSA is being dismantled' US charges two former UBS traders over Libor manipulation UBS fined over Libor-rigging: Banks should be banned not fined UBS Libor emails: 'I'll pay you $50,000, $100,000 … whatever you want' to rig rate, trader told broker UBS…

Things worth reading: 19th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … RBS to payout £10m to customers UBS in $1.5bn Libor rigging fine UBS to pay SFr1.4bn in Libor settlement FSA fines UBS £160m over Libor rigging: FSA final notice in full Lloyd's of London sees Sandy hit of up to $2.5 billion UK companies facing a $300m bill from…

Things worth reading: 19th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … RBS to payout £10m to customers UBS in $1.5bn Libor rigging fine UBS to pay SFr1.4bn in Libor settlement FSA fines UBS £160m over Libor rigging: FSA final notice in full Lloyd's of London sees Sandy hit of up to $2.5 billion UK companies facing a $300m bill from…

Things we’re reading: 18th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … Bank of England's cheap loans scheme to miss £80bn target Crowdfunding could revolutionise lending, says Andrew Haldane Wonga offers loans at web checkouts Capital rules hinder LSE’s deal with LCH Facebook underwriter is fined $5m Greece's lenders warn of 'very large' risks to bailout Knight Capital's board said to…

Things we’re reading: 18th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … Bank of England's cheap loans scheme to miss £80bn target Crowdfunding could revolutionise lending, says Andrew Haldane Wonga offers loans at web checkouts Capital rules hinder LSE’s deal with LCH Facebook underwriter is fined $5m Greece's lenders warn of 'very large' risks to bailout Knight Capital's board said to…

Things worth reading: 17th December 2012

Things we're reading today include … Sunday Interview: To be the provider of your country's currency, we are rightly very proud of that 'Mis-selling' fears over packaged bank accounts Banking Commission plans report that is "more Volcker than Vickers" Banks face fresh split threat as Parliament eyes new legislation UBS faces $1 billion day of…