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In this week’s podcast, the banking team discuss HSBC sounding out investors over the idea of floating its UK operations. They take a look at the latest on the rate fixing scandal, as JPMorgan and Citigroup are fined for their involvement in the manipulation of Yen Libor. Finally, Javier Blas, Africa editor, joins from Johannesburg to outline Bob Diamond’s bid to enter the African banking sector, as he and Ugandan entrepreneur Ashish Thakkar seek investors for their planned $250m cash shell
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Sharlene Goff is joined by Sam Fleming to dissect the latest figures on the Funding for Lending scheme, where cumulative net lending has risen to £3.6bn. Daniel Schäfer has details of Lord Blackwell's appointment as chairman of Lloyds, plus full year 2012 bank bonus figures, including news that the largest nine investment banks are on track to reduce pay by 5% this year despite a second successive year of profit growth
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Patrick Jenkins is joined by Sharlene Goff to discuss RBS' attitudes towards small businesses, including allegations that the bank has run SMEs into the ground for its own gain. Financial regulation correspondent Sam Fleming looks at the Fed's stance on negative interest rates and what this could mean for commercial banks' portfolios, and Daniel Schafer unpicks the curious case of the JPMorgan dinner at Buckingham Palace.
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Patrick Jenkins is joined by Sharlene Goff to discuss RBS' attitudes towards small businesses, including allegations that the bank has run SMEs into the ground for its own gain. Financial regulation correspondent Sam Fleming looks at the Fed's stance on negative interest rates and what this could mean for commercial banks' portfolios, and Daniel Schafer unpicks the curious case of the JPMorgan dinner at Buckingham Palace.
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Patrick Jenkins is joined by Sam Fleming to discuss comments from Andrea Enria, chair of the European Banking Authority, on the region's banking sector. Sharlene Goff has the remarkable story of the former Co-op bank chair caught allegedly buying drugs just days after appearing before the Treasury select committee and Daniel Schäfer has news of Edmond de Rothschild's move to set up a merchant banking business in London
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Patrick Jenkins is joined by Sam Fleming to discuss comments from Andrea Enria, chair of the European Banking Authority, on the region's banking sector. Sharlene Goff has the remarkable story of the former Co-op bank chair caught allegedly buying drugs just days after appearing before the Treasury select committee and Daniel Schäfer has news of Edmond de Rothschild's move to set up a merchant banking business in London
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This week Patrick Jenkins is joined by Sharlene Goff to discuss the latest on the Royal Bank of Scotland, from residential mortgage-backed securities mis-selling to personnel changes and rebranding as restructuring continues. Daniel Schäfer has news of strong results at Crédit Agricole and Société Générale and updates on the Euribor, Yen Libor and Forex manipulation scandals, including a possible US probe into the metals market.
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Patrick Jenkins is joined by Daniel Schäfer to discuss the growing number of banks suspending staff over alleged foreign exchange manipulation and demands from the Swiss Finance Minister that Swiss banks increase their leverage ratios. The banking team also takes a look at two very different examples of restructuring, as Sharlene Goff explains the latest on the respective approaches at the Co-op and RBS
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This week, Sharlene Goff is joined by Daniel Schaefer to discuss the case against splitting RBS into a good bank and a bad bank, Sam Fleming unpicks Mark Carney's decision to press ahead with a review of the BoE, and the team sheds light on the range of tactics available to banks seeking to dodge the EU bonus cap.
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The banking team discusses the penalties handed out to JPMorgan and Bank of America for mortgage mis-selling and analyses the tumultuous restructuring of the Co-operative Bank. Guy Dinsmore joins from Rome to shed light on the arrest in Bologna of a former UBS head for his alleged part in assisting US citizens in tax evasion.
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