Things we're reading today include … JPMorgan raises $1bn to invest in social media companies - The Telegraph Quitting Wall Street - BBC Japanese banks: Home and away - The Economist The G20 process: Congregate, implicate, obfuscate - The Economist Bankers paid in paper as Wall St tries to reform - The Independent Royal Bank of Scotland loss narrows as …
Read More »Things worth reading: 24th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig calls for Wall Street banks to be broken up - The Telegraph Deutsche Bank in Korea market fix - BBC Qatar 'very open' to buying stakes in RBS and Lloyds - The Telegraph BATS enters big league with Chi-X merger - Financial Times Wall …
Read More »Things worth reading: 23rd February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Barclays Driven Out of Russia as State Banks Rise - Business Week How the financial sector sees technology as its saviour - Financial Times FSA orders Deutsche Bank to pay £1.5m compensation to UK mortgage customers - The Telegraph Financial Conduct Authority gives UK a chance to bolster regulation - The Telegraph …
Read More »Things worth reading: 22nd February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Spain's Cajas Have $137 Billion in Iffy Loans - Business Week Hong Kong: exchange consolidation - Financial Times Banks may be forced to reveal tax breakdown - The Telegraph Lloyds to pay £500m to mortgage holders - The Independent Telcos Battle Google, Visa in Mobile Payment - Business Week Tech Beat: Fancy trading German …
Read More »Things worth reading: 21st February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Protesters and Osborne agree over bank taxes - The Independent Banks' profits soar as interest rates rise - The Independent RBS sell-off could start by the end of the year - The Independent Why short selling is good for capital markets - Financial Times Bank safety measures will force lending to …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 14th February – 20th February 2011
Our biggest stories of the week are … Feck me, these fecking bankers are taking the fecking mick Just to be clear, the word 'feck' in Ireland bears no relationship with the similar swear word used liberally by Gordon Ramsay. So why am I using this as a headline? …
Read More »Things worth reading: 18th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Treasury unveils finance watchdog - BBC BNP Paribas Net Rises 14% on Investment Bank - Business Week Bats Global close to Chi-X takeover - The Independent Cyber crime 'costs £27bn a year' - BBC Madoff clean-up fees set to top $1.3bn - Financial Times Russian banks: In the shadow of giants - The Economist Fed plan …
Read More »Things worth reading: 17th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Wonga raises £73m to feed loan appetite - Financial Times 'Single rule book' for Europe's banks - The Telegraph SocGen Net Profit Jumps on Investment Bank - Business Week Australian banks face ratings cut - BBC Merkel's chief economic aide to lead Bundesbank - The Independent Madoff: bankers were 'complicit' - The Telegraph Diamond to slash …
Read More »Things worth reading: 16th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Survey Says Interest in Mobile Commerce Varies by Market - Payments News Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Tie the Knot - Business Week ING Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit, Misses Estimates - Business Week Two-speed Europe emerges from recession - The Independent Barclays profits jump to £6.07bn as salaries rise - The Telegraph Welcome to Barclays' 'bobtimistic' …
Read More »Things worth reading: 15th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Could women have halted the financial crisis? - The Telegraph Global banks shut in Ivory Coast - BBC Turnaround time? - BBC US 'currency war' is focus for G20 finance ministers - The Independent Sweden Sets a Model Merkel Wants to Emulate - Business Week Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Boards Said to Vote Today on …
Read More »Things worth reading: 14th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Who is trying to sabotage Mervyn King? - The Independent Banks' hidden subsidies worth £32bn a year - The Independent Mohammad Yunus's Grameen Bank in turmoil - The Telegraph Cable Says U.K. Banking Panel Will Prompt ‘Radical Surgery’ - Business Week Fury as anti-Semitic banker is invited to speak at LSE - The Independent …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 7th February – 13th February 2011
Our biggest stories of the week are … When Irish eyes are crying In this month's Vanity Fair, Michael Lewis – he of Liar’s Poker and the Big Short fame – analyses the situation in Ireland after the crisis. The title of the lengthy article is: “When Irish eyes …
Read More »Things worth reading: 11th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Call for security 'conditions' on exchange tie-ups - Financial Times Exchange mergers: Back for more - The Economist EU's Michel Barnier warns banks he could push for new bonus restrictions - The Telegraph Banks resigned to losing staff over Project Merlin bonus rules - The Telegraph China's shadow-banking system: Trust belt - The Economist …
Read More »Things worth reading: 10th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … RBS Will Be Biggest Loser From U.K.’s Pay Accord, Analysts Say - Business Week LSE in merger with Canada's TMX - BBC NY and Deutsche bourses mull deal - BBC UBS cuts bonuses by 10pc despite return to profit - The Telegraph George Osborne urges Britain to move 'from retribution to recovery' …
Read More »Things worth reading: 9th February 2011
Things we're reading today include … Banks in Mongolian coal 'gold rush' - Financial Times Revealed: how the City bankrolls Tory party - The Independent Danish Banks Face Consolidation After Failure - Business Week George Osborne increases bank levy to £2.5bn - The Telegraph Deutsche Tops UBS in European Analyst Ranking - Business Week LSE merger talks with TMX Group - BBC …
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