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This week the banking team ask whether strong third-quarter results from JP Morgan and Wells Fargo bode well for other US banks and the implications of the FSA's decision to loosen capital and liquidity rules for lenders. Alistair Gray, insurance correspondent, and Sharlene Goff, retail banking correspondent, also discuss RBS' future after its deal to sell more than 300 branches to Santander collapsed.
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This week the team is joined by Elaine Moore, deputy personal finance editor, to discuss Nationwide Building Society’s decision to stop offering interest-only mortgages to new borrowers. Also, what is the significance of plans by James Gorman, Morgan Stanley’s chief executive, to sacrifice staff and reduce bonuses, and how has the banking sector reacted to recommendations of the Liikanen report?
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This week the team look at the Spanish banking system, after a recent report into the country’s 14 largest lenders found they could need up to €60bn in new capital. But are recent stress-tests enough to restore confidence? They also discuss JPMorgan’s recent deal that saw it snap up three quarters of the first European commercial mortgage bond launched since the financial crisis and regulatory pressures on the banking sector
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This week the Banking team are joined by Paris correspondent Scheherazade Daneshkhu to discuss Société Générale's plans to boost profits in Russia and Romania by the end of next year. They also look at Standard Chartered's signing of a $340m settlement to resolve allegations it violated US sanctions on Iran and they debate what the future holds for London, as strict enforcement of new EU regulation begins to push debt deals away from the City.
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As Chinese businesses do more deals in Europe, its big banks are starting to look at potential acquisitions in Europe, why former HBOS banker Peter Cummings was singled out personally by the regulator and the trial of the former UBS’s trader Kweku Adoboli accused of causing the largest unauthorised trading loss in British history gets underway.
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Is there a new round of job cuts looming at Europe’s banks? The FT’s banking team also looks at the latest in the Libor rate fixing scandal and with a month to go until the Liikanen review is due to be completed whether a consensus is emerging that Europe’s big banks could be forced to ringfence trading assets.
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This week the banking team discuss the swift appointment of internal candidate Antony Jenkins as the new chief executive of Barclays. Alistair Gray, insurance correspondent joins to talk about RBS floating Direct Line and the team look into the possibility that banking liquidity rules could be softened.
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This week the banking team analyse Standard Chartered's decision to pay a settlement of $340m to a New York regulator related to its handling of payments to Iran. But with other regulators still circling, will the bank face further fines? They also discuss HSBC's dealings with Iran and Syria and the latest on the Libor scandal
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This week the banking team is joined by Anousha Sakoui, the FT’s M&A correspondent, to discuss the latest developments in the Standard Chartered scandal, as the bank pushes for a settlement against allegations from US regulators that it breached Iranian sanctions. Also under consideration are Julius Baer’s proposed purchase of Merrill Lynch’s overseas wealth management arm and the challenges facing Sir David Walker in his new role as Barclays chairman
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This week the banking team discusses the Standard Chartered scandal as New York state’s financial watchdog accuses the bank of hiding $250bn of transactions with Iran. Also under the spotlight are RBS’s latest results and the debate over whether the bank should be fully nationalised, plus refunds of mis-sold payment protection insurance boosting Britain’s stuttering economy
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