Greece should stand unaided March 21, 2010 GREECE does not need any financial support and European Union leaders should not make the question of aid for the indebted country a focus of their summit this week in Brussels, Angela Merkel said yesterday. In a radio interview, the German Chancellor said she feared causing turbulence in financial markets by raising “false expectations” about [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 21, 2010 THE SUNDAYS The Sunday Telegraph ITV’S NEW CHAIRMAN: UK FACES ‘NATIONAL CRISIS’ Archie Norman, the chairman of ITV, has said that the UK is facing an economic “national crisis” worse than that faced by Margaret Thatcher at the end of the 1970s. In his first interview since becoming chairman of the broadcaster, Norman also revealed [...]
Basel agrees failed banks plan March 18, 2010 Global bank regulators yesterday agreed a framework to stop “too big to fail” banks from relying on a taxpayer bailout when in trouble, but countries such as the US still want more radical measures. US and European governments have spent trillions of dollars propping up banks to avoid a broader financial system meltdown during the [...]
THE KNIVES ARE OUT AS THE CITY VIEWS GRAND MILITARY GOLD CUP March 14, 2010 THE Capitalist travelled in style to Sandown Park racecourse for the Grand Military Gold Cup, where the City types in attendance were busy whetting their appetite for this week’s Cheltenham festivities. As the military’s most accomplished horsemen and women battled it out around the track, it was off to a private suite for guests of [...]
Lehman used accounting “gimmicks” before collapse March 12, 2010 LEHMAN Brothers used accounting gimmicks and had been insolvent for weeks before it filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, but there was not extensive wrongdoing, a court-appointed examiner has found. In a 2,200-page report examiner Anton Valukas, chairman of law firm Jenner & Block, reported the results of his more than year-long investigation into who [...]
Rival banks cited in Lehman case March 11, 2010 JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup helped cause the illiquidity that led to the collapse of Lehman Brothers by making new demands for collateral, the failed US investment bank, a court-appointed examiner said. In a 2,200-page report, which was made public yesterday, examiner Anton Valukas, chairman of law firm Jenner & Block, said Lehman used accounting gimmicks [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS March 3, 2010 LaSalle Investment Management The investment manager has appointed Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz as managing director for Europe and a member of its nine-strong global management committee. Lloyd-Hurwitz will also be a director of LaSalle’s parent company, Jones Lang LaSalle. She has over 20 years of experience in the real estate and asset management industry, most recently as [...]
FSA’s fine means Lehman cases are on the cards March 2, 2010 LAURENCE LIEBERMAN FINANCIAL DISPUTES PARTNER AT TAYLOR WESSING LAST Thursday, the FSA fined RSM Tenon Financial Services £700,000 for failings in its advice and sales processes relating to Lehman-backed structured products between 1 November 2007 and 31 August 2008. Tenon was also directed to conduct a past-business review and compensate those customers that it determines [...]
New football regulator threat sparks anger February 15, 2010 WHITEHALL is threatening to introduce a mandatory regulator to oversee British football as part of a backlash against debt-laden clubs. With several teams currently battling for survival, Whitehall is studying plans it hopes could help prevent clubs from going under. But the idea has sparked fury among Premier League insiders who will fiercely resist the [...]
Two offers push Portsmouth survival bid into extra time February 10, 2010 PORTSMOUTH pulled off their most significant victory of the season yesterday when they succeeded in obtaining an extra seven days to fight a winding-up order. The Premier League’s bottom club, who have debts of around £60m, were granted more time to prove they can afford to pay creditors at a hearing at the High Court. [...]