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The banking team discusses the plan to rescue the Co-operative Bank, preview George Osborne’s Mansion House speech, which is likely to include clues about the government’s plans for Lloyds and RBS, and consider the view of a US regulator who described Deutsche Bank’s capitalisation is “horrible”.
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This week the banking team discuss JPMorgan’s annual meeting, where chief executive and chairman Jamie Dimon won a clear victory over shareholder activists looking to strip him of one of his roles. They also look at pay in Europe in light of recent tweaks to EU bonus caps, and Qatar snapping up stakes in key lenders
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This week the banking team discuss the replacement of the scandal-plagued libor benchmark rate, which could happen as early as next year. Camilla Hall reports from Dubai to discuss banking in the Middle East and the US criminal probe into whether Barclays made improper payments in Saudi Arabia. Finally, the team discuss the financial wellbeing of the Co-op Bank as Moody’s downgrades its credit rating to “junk”
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This week, the banking team discuss recent transatlantic spats over bank regulation, as Michel Barnier, the EU commissioner in charge of financial services warns the US on bank 'protectionism'. Miles Johnson, Madrid correspondent looks at the reasons behind Santander chief executive Alfredo Sáenz's resignation, and the team discuss the UK government's reprivatisation agenda for RBS and Lloyds as Jim O'Neil, the UK Financial Investments chief executive and the man appointed to oversee this element of the financial recovery steps down.
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This week the banking team discuss the departure of the last two senior executives from the Bob Diamond era at Barclays, as Rich Ricci, head of investment banking and Tom Kalaris, head of wealth management, announce plans to retire. They also review the recent US bank results, and look at Chancellor George Osborne’s plans to expand the Funding for Lending Scheme
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This week the banking team examine the fallout from the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards’ report into HBOS, as former chief executive Sir James Crosby asks for his knighthood to be revoked. They also take a look at the latest developments in the Libor-related rate-rigging scandal as the probe expands around the world, and are joined by Elaine Moore, deputy editor of FT Money to talk about the Post Office announcing plans to offer current accounts in all its branches by 2014
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This week the banking team discuss two long-awaited reports published last week: the damning report on HBOS by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, which accused former executives of presiding over a “colossal failure”, and the Salz review of the culture and values at Barclays. They also look ahead to US bank results which start this week, and what they could mean for the industry
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Joshua Chaffin, EU correspondent, joins the podcast from the Cypriot capital Nicosia to discuss the bailout deal that was reached in the early hours of Monday morning, and the mood on the ground in the country. Also up for discussion are the narrowing gap between bankers' pay and that of other professional occupations, and the latest tweak to Basel III reforms of the banking sector
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Peter Spiegel, Brussels bureau chief, joins the podcast to discuss the potential fallout from the bailout in Cyprus, which sees bank deposits tapped for the first time. Also under discussion are the results of the second leg of US stress tests, as the Fed orders JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs to improve their capital planning, and the latest debate about executive pay at UBS following the revelation that the bank paid nearly $27m to hire Andrea Orcel from Bank of America to head its investment bank and is paying its chief executive more than $9m.
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George Parker, political editor, joins FT banking correspondents to discuss the UK parliament's banking standards commission, which wants tougher legislation for the industry; pay at the top of Barclays and RBS; and stress tests in the US, which highlighted weaknesses at Goldman Sachs
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