FCA complaints are still dominated by PPI mis-selling October 6, 2016 The number of complaints lodged against financial services firms nudged down in the first six months of 2016 according to statistics released by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The total number of complaints dropped by 2.6 per cent compared with the final six months of 2015. Barclays topped the list and received over a quarter of a million objections. Top five [...]
SME finance: Which is best and how can you ensure success? October 6, 2016 British small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) may be ambitious, but without financing, ambition is nothing more than a pipe dream. Whether it’s new equipment, a cash injection for a project, or simply extra working capital, businesses need money to ensure they can continue to grow. Clearly, there are different types of finance for different [...]
Deal-making at investment banks is set to hit a 10-year high October 4, 2016 Investment banks are eyeing up a bumper year of deal-making as activity in the money markets is set to hit its highest level in a decade. The volumes of cash flowing through investment houses in the shape of debt and capital market (DCM) activity hit $5.2 trillion (£4.1 trillion) in the first nine months of [...]
Back down it goes: Deutsche Bank share price drops in US October 3, 2016 Deutsche Bank's US-listed shares have fallen three per cent, just hours after the market opened. Shares in the German bank plummeted last week, after various reports emerged doubting Chancellor Angela Merkel's appetite for state assistance, despite the lender facing a potential $14bn (£10.8bn) fine from the US Department of Justice (DoJ) for mis-selling mortgage-backed securities. However, [...]
Bank of England confirms plans for additional stress tests for UK banks October 3, 2016 The Bank of England will push ahead with plans for an extra set of stress tests next year in order to assess the ability of the UK’s top lenders to weather a financial storm. The Bank’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) confirmed today it will put the UK’s seven biggest banks and building societies through an [...]
Deutsche Bank hammers European bank stocks and FTSE 100 September 30, 2016 UK markets have fallen in early morning trading with eyes across Europe glued to Deutsche Bank as its shares set fresh record lows amid ongoing speculation about the lender's financial health. Deutsche Bank collapsed by more than nine per cent in Frankfurt this morning after key partners took fright and started to cut back their exposure to [...]
Treasury committee chairman seeking assurances from high street bank bosses on IT health September 29, 2016 The chairman of the influential Treasury Select Committee (TSC) Andrew Tyrie has written to the chief executives of two of the UK's biggest banks over recent IT failures. City A.M. understands Tyrie will publish letters to the bosses of Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC tomorrow morning. Tyrie has also written to the heads of the financial regulators the Financial Conduct [...]
Everything you need to know about Opec’s output cut agreement September 29, 2016 Markets swung wildly this morning after Opec provisionally agreed to cut oil output for the first time since 2008, as it tries to accelerate the stricken market's recovery. What the agreement entails The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) said yesterday that it would cut output to a range of 32.5-33m barrels per day. But how much each country [...]
The great Deutsche Bank sale begins as bailout rumours continue to swirl September 28, 2016 Deutsche Bank sold one of its less core businesses today, prompting speculation that more asset sales are on the cards at the troubled German lender as it faces the prospect of a multi-billion pound US fine. The bank agreed to sell British insurance business Abbey Life to Phoenix, which will bring in nearly £1bn in capital. [...]
Analysts fear Deutsche Bank could become Europe’s Lehman Brothers September 27, 2016 The misery for Deutsche Bank continued this morning as shares continued to slide to fresh record lows. The German lender has seen its share price lose 30 per cent in the last three weeks and was hit by a new round of selling this morning, as shares dropped 3.3 per cent to €10.20 (£8.86). The latest slide [...]