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In this week's show: Richard Lambert of the CBI is calling for an end to banker bashing. Is it time to move on? After SocGen and Kerviel, have banking systems got better at spotting rogue traders? Bankers pay: will the restriction on bonuses create pay problems for European banks? Plus: US bank earnings in Stateside.Banking weekly is presented by Patrick Jenkins, with studio guests Megan Murphy, the FT's investment banking correspondent, and regulatory correspondent Brooke Masters; plus Francesco Guerrera, US business editor in New York.Produced by Rob Minto
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The Swiss authorities have pushed up the capital requirements for their two biggest banks beyond Basel III - but will it create another set of problems? Can "too big to fail" ever be globally resolved? And can a compact between bankers and the public repair the sector's tarnished image? Also - Justin Baer reports from Wall Street in Stateside.Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins and Brooke Masters in London, and Justin Baer in New YorkProduced by Rob Minto and Fiona Scott
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How has the shake-up at HSBC gone down with investors? The UK's banking commission has set out its stall - but what can it do? UniCredit is looking for a new chief executive - we discuss the options. Plus Stateside with Justin Baer: what will be the impact of the movie Wall Street 2?Presented by Patrick Jenkins; with Miles Johnson, Rachel Sanderson in Milan, and Justin Baer in New York. Produced by Rob Minto.
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In this week’s podcast: We look at the predicted effect the UK immigration cap is likely to have on the vast numbers of non-EU workers employed in the City. We ask what this will mean for the big banks. We hear from our office in New York in our new weekly feature Stateside - with Justin Baer reporting back on the week’s top banking stories in America. We then look at securitisation, the state of Northern Rock and the plans that the Banking Commission has up its sleeve.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Jennifer Hughes in the studio and Justin Baer in New York.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: We discuss the impact the new capital rules announced yesterday in Basel will have, if any, on the banks of Europe. We then talk about Bob Diamond's new position as chief executive of Barclays - we ask whether the move to put an investment banker at the helm is a significant indicator of where the future of the bank lies. We hear from our New York office about a series of features running in the Financial Times to mark the bank mergers of 2008 following the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Lastly we talk about Stephen Green's decision to trade in his position as chairman of HSBC for a position as one of Cameron's ministers.Guest: Arturo de Frias - head of banks research for investment bank Evolution SecuritiesIn the studio: Brooke Masters the FT's chief regulations correspondent and Sharlene Goff, the FT's retail banks correspondentReport on the bank mergers of 2008 by Francesco GuerreraPresented by Patrick JenkinsProduced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: We are joined by Angela Knight, the CEO of the British Bankers' Association to talk about; demands from politicians for breaking up the big banking groups; lending; pay and bonus reform - we ask whether firms have taken the national and international guidelines for reform seriously. Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick JenkinsProduced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: We take a look at the first half yearly results to come through on UK banks, starting with HSBC today and we also look at the funding of European banks.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Anousha Sakoui.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In the podcast this week: We review the results from the stress testing of European banks, released on Friday. We ask what the market reaction has been and what real impact the results will have. We talk to the secretary of state for economic affairs in the Spanish government, José Manuel Campa about whether he thinks the tests will work in terms of reviving the confidence in the markets.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, the FT's banking editor, with markets correspondent, David Oakley in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week’s podcast: What does the UK Financial Investments’ appointment of Jim O’Neil suggest? Also: what does Goldman Sachs' settlement of $500m mean for other banks? We discuss the implications of the Basel concept of counter cyclical buffers; and a final update on stress testing ahead of the results this Friday.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Miles JohnsonProduced by LJ Filotrani
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In this week's podcast: We take a look at the new high street bank to be launched, backed by some high-profile individuals; we turn our attention to the suggestion by Alessandro Profumo, chief executive of Italy’s UniCredit, that there should be a European recovery fund set up for banks; we ask whether the stress-tests results due at the end of next week are going to be credible; we review the general regulatory environment in Europe.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Brooke Masters.Produced by LJ Filotrani
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