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- Financial Reform Faces Carve-up Threat
- By Huw JonesLONDON (Reuters UK) - The Conservative Party said it would ditch the core of a financial sector reform bill if it wins power next year, but lawyers expect other parts such as curbs on bankers' pay would be introduced.The government unveiled plans Wednesday for a financial services bill...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Financial Reform Faces Carve-up Threat
- By Huw JonesLONDON (Reuters UK) - The Conservative Party said it would ditch the core of a financial sector reform bill if it wins power next year, but lawyers expect other parts such as curbs on bankers' pay would be introduced.The government unveiled plans Wednesday for a financial services bill...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Mortgage Approvals Up 97.7 Pct Y/y in Oct.
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The number of home purchase loans approved by banks in October was almost double that of a year ago, a survey showed on Tuesday.The British Bankers' Association said 42,238 mortgage applications were approved last month. That was slightly higher than the 42,073 loans approved in September...
- News items 2009-11-24
- Court Rules in Favour of Banks on Charges
- By Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (Reuters UK) - Banks won a two-year court battle over overdraft charges on Wednesday, dealing a blow to hundreds of thousands of customers seeking to claim back billions of pounds which they say were levied unfairly.The landmark ruling, handed down by the Supreme Court, found the country's...
- News items 2009-11-25
- Bank Review Wants Pay Disclosure
- By Huw Jones and Raji MenonLONDON (Reuters UK) - Banks must disclose how much they pay top employees, a government-sponsored report recommended on Thursday in a bid to quell public anger over "bonuses as usual" in a sector shored up by taxpayer bailouts.The report published on Thursday from David Walker,...
- News items 2009-11-26
- BBA Credit Derivatives Report 2001/2002
- This document reports on the . The growth of the global credit derivatives market has again dramatically surpassed previous expectations. It is now estimated that at the end of 2001 the global market excluding asset swaps accounted for an estimated $1189 billion or over $1 trillion. The projected growth rate...
- White papers 2002-09-17
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- British Bankers Association Rejects Changes to Libor
- Research Recap submits: Despite the recent flap questioning the accuracy of LIBOR, no significant changes are planned in the key interest rate benchmark. After looking into the issue the British Bankers Association issued a paper endorsing the current procedure for gathering the rates that go into the...
- External links 2008-08-06
- NAB chief puts British bankers on notice.
- Dec 04, 2002 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) A giant bank in Australia has extensive plans to invest in the UK banking sector. On 4 December 2002, the plans were outlined by Frank Cicutto, of the National Australia Bank NAB. He told members of...
- Research articles 2002-12-04
- UK Bankers to Appeal Enron Ruling
- Three British bankers will appeal a decision by a UK judge that they could be extradited to the US to face trial over fraud charges relating to disgraced energy group Enron (OD Sep.28,p7). Three British bankers will appeal a decision by a UK judge...
- Research articles 2004-10-18
- British bankers, lawyers could be forced to disclose clients' secrets
- LONDON AFP ? British lawyers, bankers and accountants would be forced to disclose confidential client information under sweeping new police powers being planned by the government as part of an intensified fight against organised crime, the Times newspaper reported Monday. At present their customers can hide behind the professionals'...
- Research articles 2004-02-22
- British bankers charged over links to Enron partnerships.
- US authorities filed criminal charges against three UK bankers Thursday for their involvement in off-balance sheet partnerships at Enron, the failed energy trader.The complaint, filed by the Justice Department, accuses the men of committing wire frau US authorities filed criminal charges against three UK bankers ...
- Research articles 2002-06-28
- Weekend Roundup
- Sunday Times Darling's blueprint to end the banks' casino culture The Chancellor will this week publish legislation that allows bankers contracts to be ripped up by regulators and their employers fined for encouraging too much risk-taking. The bill, which will be included in the Queen's speech on...
- Blog posts 2009-11-15
- How Dubai's dream sank in a sea of debt
- As he flew from Dubai to London last Sunday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum had plenty on his mind.In the four years since he had become ruler of Dubai, Maktoum had grown used to courting world leaders to visit and invest in his desert emirate. They admired the economic growth...
- News items 2009-11-28
- Need to know: Segro sells site ... L'Oreal prettier ... Skype pact
- View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Inflation: Annual input price inflation for British manufacturers rose at an annual rate of 0.1 per cent in October, the first rise since February. Factory gate inflation also picked up, rising 1.7 per cent on the year in October, up from...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Darling Warns EU on Regulation
- By Keith WeirLONDON (Reuters UK) - The government has warned its EU partners not to stifle the City of London's financial services industry with excessive regulation, responding to concerns that France will push for tighter rules at its expense.A group representing Britain's bankers also accused French President Nicolas Sarkozy of...
- News items 2009-12-02
- Bankers' Bonuses "will Not Be Capped" - Myners
- By Stefano AmbrogiLONDON (Reuters UK) - Financial regulators have no intention of capping bankers' bonuses under new powers planned to curb big payouts that drive excessive risk-taking, Financial Services Minister Paul Myners said on Sunday.Myners was trying to clarify what the reforms would mean after Chancellor Alistair Darling said in...
- News items 2009-11-15
- Home truths
- Mortgage-lenders believe the property market remains in rude health despite warnings to the contrary from the British Bankers Association Photograph: Katie Lee The first signs that the property market could be slowing emerged last week with figures from the British Bankers Association, claiming that mortgage lending in August...
- Research articles 2001-09-30
- Weekend Round-Up
- £165bn loan keeps Lloyds afloat Lloyds Banking is being sustained by £165bn in loans and guarantees from the Bank of England -- approaching the £200m of quantitative easing allocated to support the UK economy. This should, says Lloyds, be set against the context of its £1trn balance sheet, but its...
- Blog posts 2009-11-08
- Bankers Score On Wallabies
- WHEN AUSTRALIA'S WALLABIES rugby team lined up against the British and Irish Lions last week, bankers from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co, UBS AG, and their rivals filled corporate boxes aiming to score deals. At last year's Sydney Olympics, behind-the-scenes meetings led to transactions that made headlines around the...
- Research articles 2001-07-31
- Brookfield Properties and bcIMC Launch Bankers Court Development in Calgary
- Brookfield Properties Corporation (TSX: BPO)(NYSE: BPO), its Canadian-based subsidiary, BPO Properties Ltd. (TSX: BPP) and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation bcIMC today announced that construction is commencing on the Bankers Court development project with 87 percent pre-leasing commitments in place. Bankers Court will be jointly developed by Brookfield and...
- Research articles 2006-07-27
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