Things we're reading today include: Fortis Bank reveals large loss (BBC) UBS jobless tally hits 18,000 amid rising losses (Times) RBS sees big growth in Islamic finance (Reuters) Lehman 'sausage machine' processor at work (Financial Times) Goldman amasses $164bn war chest (Financial Times) Alistair Darling to announce supply-chain insurance scheme (Telegraph)Ben Bernanke sees 'tentative signs'…
Lots of stuff we're reading today … Europe: Germany is one of the worst-hit economies in the developed world. So why is everybody so calm? (Newsweek)Germany finance minister to unveil bad banks plan (Euractiv)Hungary's new PM takes over a nation in crisis (Euractiv) Equiduct joins list of MTF launches (Financial Times) USA: Goldman Sachs to…
Lots of stuff we're reading today … Europe: Germany is one of the worst-hit economies in the developed world. So why is everybody so calm? (Newsweek)Germany finance minister to unveil bad banks plan (Euractiv)Hungary's new PM takes over a nation in crisis (Euractiv) Equiduct joins list of MTF launches (Financial Times) USA: Goldman Sachs to…
Lots of stuff we're reading today … Europe: Germany is one of the worst-hit economies in the developed world. So why is everybody so calm? (Newsweek)Germany finance minister to unveil bad banks plan (Euractiv)Hungary's new PM takes over a nation in crisis (Euractiv) Equiduct joins list of MTF launches (Financial Times) USA: Goldman Sachs to…
Things we're reading today include … UK: Doubt over second wave of quantitative easing (Telegraph) Financial Services Authority to investigate bankers' failures (Guardian) Europe: Iceland banking inquiry finds murky geysers run deep (Telegraph) Germany warns on ‘crisis after crisis’ (Financial Times) Germany on a mission to soak up toxic assets (Financial Times) UBS to announce…
Things we're reading today include: HSBC faces crisis over US credit cards (Guardian) HSBC’s London HQ back on the block in £2.7bn sell-off (Times)Barclays opens door to BGI sale (Telegraph) Britain’s best-paid banker takes home £16m bonus (Times)Banks face £18bn pension gap (Guardian) FSA inquiry to investigate bank bosses (Telegraph) Analysts say markets likely to…
Things we're reading today include: HSBC faces crisis over US credit cards (Guardian) HSBC’s London HQ back on the block in £2.7bn sell-off (Times)Barclays opens door to BGI sale (Telegraph) Britain’s best-paid banker takes home £16m bonus (Times)Banks face £18bn pension gap (Guardian) FSA inquiry to investigate bank bosses (Telegraph) Analysts say markets likely to…
Things we're reading today include: HSBC faces crisis over US credit cards (Guardian) HSBC’s London HQ back on the block in £2.7bn sell-off (Times)Barclays opens door to BGI sale (Telegraph) Britain’s best-paid banker takes home £16m bonus (Times)Banks face £18bn pension gap (Guardian) FSA inquiry to investigate bank bosses (Telegraph) Analysts say markets likely to…
Things we're reading today include: HBOS opens door to 100% mortgages (Financial Times) Banks aim to rebuild investor confidence (Financial Times)Goldmans could launch rights issue next week (Times)Goldman Sachs hires law firm to shut blogger's site (Telegraph)Citi investors urged to oust directors (Financial Times) Other Bank's Financials Won't Follow Wells Fargo (Forbes) Regulators Close North…
Things we're reading today include: CVC buys Barclays' iShares for £3bn (Independent) Vodafone cools longstanding links with UBS and Goldman (Times) MPs look at possibility of breaking up the banks (Times) Japan to pump £105bn into ailing economy (Independent) Micro-Blogging Meets Micro-Payments, Courtesy Of Tipjoy’s API (Techcrunch) The World's Biggest Companies (Forbes) You Don’t Own…
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Chris Skinner - Financial Markets Advisor of the Year - The Finanser - UK 2023
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