Banking stocks have fallen sharply at the open in London June 24, 2016 Banking shares have tanked in London following the 8am market open. A vote for the UK to leave the European Union last night, largely catching the financial markets off-guard, has led to panic selling across Europe. Lloyds shares opened down 29 per cent, while Barclays is 30 per cent lower, RBS has lost 34 per [...]
Deutsche Bank’s chief executive isn’t happy about the Brexit vote June 24, 2016 Deutsche Bank’s chief executive, John Cryan, is being as candid as usual with his views on the UK's vote to leave the European Union. The outspoken bank boss, who has the unenviable task of trying to reform the lumbering giant that is Deutsche, posted a statement on its website saying this is "not such a good day [...]
Merrill Lynch to fork out $415m for misusing customer cash to free up money for trading June 23, 2016 Bank of America's Merrill Lynch division has agreed to pay $415m (£279.2m) for misusing customer cash to free up money for its own trading activities, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today. An SEC investigation revealed that the firm abused money which should have been kept in a reserve account to finance its own trading activities between 2009 and [...]
Deutsche Bank to cut almost 3,000 jobs in Germany as lender revamps private and commercial business June 23, 2016 Deutsche Bank today revealed plans to axe around 3,000 full-time equivalent roles in Germany as part of a revamp of its private and commercial business. As part of the reshuffle, the bank will consolidate 723 branches into 535 larger sites in 2017, while the bulk of the job losses – around 2,500 positions – will be in the private [...]
EU referendum: Barclays puts a stop on new stop loss orders June 23, 2016 Barclays put a block on new stop loss orders this morning, just as the EU membership vote got underway. The move could be the bank's way of shielding itself from any wild swings in exchange rates that could happen shortly after the results of the vote are announced. City A.M. understands that the restriction on [...]
Libor Three jury reaches verdict for one ex-Barclays banker, as judge says decision on other four defendants does not need to be unanimous June 23, 2016 The jury in a trial of five ex-Barclays bankers accused of Libor-rigging offences has arrived at a verdict for one of the men today. Judge Anthony Leonard also instructed the jury this afternoon that they could reach a majority verdict on the other four defendants. It has been reported that the jury was sent home [...]
Ex-Deutsche Bank trader pleads guilty to Libor-rigging charges in US June 22, 2016 A former Deutsche Bank trader has pleaded guilty to Libor-rigging related offences, court records revealed today. Timothy Parietti, 50, a former managing director of Deutsche Bank's New York money market derivatives trading desk, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud last month, but the court records were sealed until today. According to the court transcript, [...]
US alternative lender Trade Finance Solutions opens London office on the road to global growth as Europe chief dismisses Brexit worries June 22, 2016 US alternative lender Trade Finance Solutions (TFS) has opened a London office as it targets further expansion outside of North America. The office opening comes just one day before the UK takes to the polls to vote over its membership of the European Union, which has sparked levels of volatility in the market not seen since the [...]
Bankers beware: Paris is not the city of love for pay – try Frankfurt instead June 22, 2016 Bankers might not be so keen to relocate to the continent after figures released today showed it could seriously hamper their pay prospects. The analysis of 8,065 salaries by salary benchmarking website Emolument.com discovered that pay packets for those in banking were lower on a nominal basis in both Frankfurt and Paris than they were in London. The data revealed [...]
Icap offers up its oil desks to avoid Tullett deal probe June 21, 2016 Inter dealer brokers Tullet and Icap could avoid a lengthy probe into their merger, with the two firms proposing a sale of the latter's London-based oil trading desks. The Competition Markets Authority (CMA) said today that it has until 16 August to decide if this will be enough to address its antitrust concerns, or refer the merger for [...]