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City Spy: So upbeat at Sir Victor’s leaving do

18.09.09
Much jollity at Sir Victor Blank’s leaving party at Lloyds Banking Group headquarters in Gresham Street the other evening... more

Comment: FSA bares its teeth to make sure bank pays the price

18.09.09
The City and Lloyds’ non-Government shareholders – still the majority – seem agreed that the Asset Protection Scheme looks a lot more costly than six months ago... more

Now Lloyds loses £4bn in reckless lending

05.08.09
Taxpayer-funded Lloyds Banking Group reported losses of £4billion today as it paid the price for reckless lending... more

City fears 400,000 will default on mortgages

05.08.09
City experts warn that Britain is on the brink of mortgage crisis as tens of thousands of households struggle to repay home loans... more

Top City watchdog turns down £130,000 bonus

24.06.09
The City's top regulator has turned down his bonus for the last year, sending a signal to bankers and directors that they need to cut back on their fat-cat rewards... more

Is 'Lucky' landing in more trouble?

11.05.09
The case of Shaid “Lucky” Luqman, Ernst & Young’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004, since jailed for contempt of court, rumbles on ... more

Lloyds shocks with warning of more massive losses

07.05.09
Lloyds Banking Group confirmed that it will lose money this year because of its shotgun marriage to HBOS last year... more

With rates this low, banks find debt far less stressful

30.04.09
When I read about stress-testing for banks, I get a silly mental picture of Eric Daniels, Stephen Hester and John Varley sitting in the same room, each wired up to a blood-pressure machine and heart monitor ... more

Take the Forbes Rich List with a big dose of salt

13.03.09
The annual Forbes list of the richest people in the world is published and it is treated as gospel. Yet closer examination reveals all manner of imperfections... more

Lloyds on the rise as assets deal with Treasury nears

06.03.09
Shares in Lloyds Banking Group rose 5% on hopes the Government will finally insure more than £250 billion worth of its most toxic assets... more

Lloyds is £10bn in the red thanks to toxic HBOS

27.02.09
State-backed Lloyds Banking Group unveiled a £10billion loss as it warned of a huge rise in bad debts this year... more

HBOS £11 billion in the red after a year of disaster

13.02.09
Banking: The full extent of the crisis at HBOS was laid bare when Lloyds Banking Group admitted that the Halifax owner lost about £11 billion last year... more

Bankers: We'll fight bonus freeze

12.02.09
The Treasury faced fresh embarrassment over City pay amid claims that senior bankers have warned ministers that they will resist bonus freezes... more

The political tide is turning against our greedy bankers

09.02.09
Facing a mounting row over bonuses, bank chiefs are running out of arguments against nationalisation...... more

Lloyds drive to sell Lex car-leasing arm

30.01.09
Services: Car-leasing giant Lex is expected to be put on the block by Lloyds Banking Group as it struggles to rebuild its balance sheet... more

Bid to put the bonus brakes on big nine US banks

29.10.08
Banking: A top US politician plans to stop bank chiefs awarding themselves big bonuses while propping up their firms with taxpayers' cash... more

Lloyds boss declares: You will get your bonuses, why not?

21.10.08
The head of Lloyds TSB has told staff they will get their bonuses this year despite Gordon Brown's promise to crack down on vast rewards at bailed-out banks... more

Commentary: Superbank deal puts Lloyds on a limb

14.10.08
WHEN Lloyds TSB announced it was taking over HBOS to create a superbank a few weeks ago, there were high-fives all round. Eric Daniels, Lloyds' American chief executive, was ecstatic. Roll forward to this week and he is reduced to putting a brave face on a deal that no longer looks anything as attractive.... more

City finds flaws in Darling's plan

08.10.08
Fund managers and banking analysts react with dismay to the Treasury’s plans to control how much banks pay out in dividends if they take up any of the Government’s £50 billion recapitalisation offer... more

How dithering Darling failed to please bankers or the markets

07.10.08
When Chancellor Alastair Darling rose to address MPs on the financial crisis at 3.29 pm yesterday the FTSE 100 share index was a mere 200 points down... more

The revenge of the nerds

18.09.08
As the PM steps in to ensure the survival of HBOS, our City editor tells the story of the people at the heart of this great drama... more

Now Lloyds sends in the old-fashioned bankers

18.09.08
It's painful to say so, but HBOS really doesn’t deserve to survive as an independent bank... more

Time for a real protest over bank bonuses

15.07.08
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King turned down £100,000-a-year pay rise when he was reappointed for a second term a few months ago because he thought such an increase would be inappropriate.... more

Barclays' way is better, but it's still pretty grim

26.06.08
While it may show the others how to do it, the Barclays solution still smacks of desperation... more

Rights issue off agenda as Lloyds limits the damage

06.05.08
Bank appeared to rule out rights issue after RBS and HBOS went to their own shareholders ... more

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