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In this week's podcast Sharlene Goff examines Lloyds' warning that the Help to Buy scheme will distort the market and cause a new housing bubble, Daniel Schäfer dissects JPMorgan's first quarterly loss under Jamie Dimon and Patrick Jenkins is joined by Chris Thompson to discuss the alarming rise in European banks' exposure to their domestic government bonds and the questions raised by the closeness of this relationship.
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This week Patrick Jenkins and Sharlene Goff are joined by Tanya Powley, personal finance correspondent to discuss help to buy, the latest phase of which begins this week - will this be a boon for first time buyers or will it cause house prices to rise? Hedge fund correspondent Sam Jones joins to discuss John Paulson’s confirmation that his hedge fund has invested in Greek banks and Michael Stothard, Paris correspondent, talks about renewed signs of growth in the French banking sector
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The banking team, rejoined by companies editor Brooke Masters, discusses the booming US CDO market and the questions it raises for regulators. Patrick Jenkins asks whether the number of banks involved in the Barclays rights issue is a sign of a new age of reciprocity. And Rachel Sanderson, Milan correspondent, explains the change of leadership at the top of Italy’s largest retail bank Intesa.
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The banking team discusses the latest evidence of poor third-quarter results from investment banks. Sam Jones, hedge fund correspondent, joins the podcast to look at the Fed’s startling decision not to scale back on QE and whether investors should take central banks’ guidance with a pinch of salt. Michael Stothard, Paris correspondent, examines US money markets’ renewed interest in French banks.
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The banking team, joined by Ralph Atkins, capital markets editor, discuss the markets' reaction to Larry Summers' decision to withdraw from the race for the Fed chairmanship. Richard Milne, Nordic correspondent, discusses the change at the top of Danske Bank. Plus Barclays' rights issue and the start of the government sell-off of Lloyds.
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The banking team looks at Sir John Vickers' call to double the amount of capital he believes lenders should be required to hold; a preview of a rare interview with Credit Suisse chief executive Brady Dougan, and the efforts of the Lloyds Banking Group to hive off its TSB unit as a separate entity.
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The banking team return from their summer break to examine the regulatory problems at JPMorgan, as US authorities demand the bank pay more than $6bn to settle allegations of mis-selling and a probe is launched into its hiring practices in Asia. James Shotter joins from Switzerland to discuss what is going on at Zurich Insurance, as the company launches a probe into the death of its former finance chief, and the team look at the Co-operative Bank, who last week announced a massive pre-tax loss, ratcheting up pressure on its bondholders to back a proposed debt restructuring plan
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This week the banking team discuss Santander UK’s interest in breaking into the rapidly growing peer-to-peer market, Deutsche Bank’s plans to shrink its vast balance sheet in order to comply with stricter rules for financial soundness, and the Abu Dhabi sheikh who prevented Barclays from seeking state aid at the height of the financial crisis, selling his stake in the bank
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This week sees Goldman Sachs’ former employee Fabrice Tourre in court over an alleged derivatives mis-selling scandal and the publication of the bank’s second quarter results. Will either of these events spoil the bank’s attempts to burnish its image? Also discussed are the recent cash crunch in China and its aftermath, and Nationwide’s plan to meet the new 3 per cent leverage ratio by 2015.
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Mark Carney began his new role at the helm of the Bank of England last week. In this week’s podcast, Patrick Jenkins, banking editor, is joined by Chris Giles, economics editor and Brooke Masters, chief regulation correspondent, to review Mr Carney’s first few days in the job, and what his top priorities will be as governor. Also discussed is the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s latest blow to the credibility of the main measure of bank safety, core tier one capital ratios, and Tobias Buck, Madrid bureau chief, joins to examine why Spanish banks are preparing for Basel III by attempting to get deferred tax assets changed into tax credits
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