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�Huge discount� possible in Lloyds rights issue

03.11.09

Lloyds Banking Group shares could be sold for as little as 15p each in its �13.5 billion rights issue it was revealed... more

Courage needed now as King gets off fence

21.10.09

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Lukewarm reaction to Lloyds� �25bn cash plans

08.10.09

City investors reacted cautiously today to Lloyds Banking Group�s new plans to raise �25 billion ... more

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

Counting the cost a year after Lloyds' takeover of HBOS

17.09.09

One year ago today, the news broke that Lloyds TSB was going to take over HBOS in a �12.2 billion all-share deal. With the benefit of hindsight, it is still staggering to read the press release issued to the Stock Exchange the following morning, 18 September... more

Rock boss Sandler set for Pearl job

08.09.09

Ron Sandler, the man who shepherded Northern Rock back from the abyss after the former building society became the first UK bank to be bailed out by the taxpayer in the credit crunch, looks set to take on another major job ... more

A Budget carrot turns out rotten

24.08.09

No sooner do we have the flop that is the national apprenticeship scheme, fronted by Lord Sugar, than comes news of another failed Government initiative... more

Rights issue move fails to impress Lloyds investors

10.08.09

Shares in Lloyds Banking Group dropped 5p to 97p as the market reacted cautiously to the growing likelihood that it will launch a multi-billion pound rights issue... more

Comment: Spreadsheet theory v reality

10.08.09

It�s all well and good getting your Windows XL spreadsheet out and crunching the numbers for a Lloyds Banking Group rights issue and coming up with the answer that this all makes marvellous sense ... more

Lloyds mulls rights issue

10.08.09

Lloyds Banking Group is tipped to raise up to �15 billion from a cash call in a bid to pay back its debt to the Government ... more

City Spy: Time for Kingman to make a fortune

29.07.09

So Brownite Treasury civil servant John Kingman is quitting as �143,000-a-year chief executive of UK Financial Investments, which oversees the Government's stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Bradford & Bingley, etc... more

Bischoff news fails to inspire Lloyds

28.07.09

Lloyds Banking Group shares rose just 1.5% on news that veteran banker Win Bischoff is to take over as chairman from Sir Victor Blank in September ... more

Real dust-up on the cards as banks bailout saga plays out

02.07.09

Once again, this Government has created a beast it cannot control. When Lloyds TSB, HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland turned to the Treasury for their combined �37 billion bailout last year, wiser voices than mine argued for full rather than part privatisation ... more

Insider takes the chair at Standard Chartered

02.07.09

The son of a coalminer has been confirmed as the new chairman of emerging-markets bank Standard Chartered ... more

Bischoff lined up to succeed Blank at Lloyds

01.07.09

Lloyds Banking Group refused to confirm that veteran banker Sir Win Bischoff will replace Sir Victor Blank as its next chairman... more

London in need of better regulation, says Bischoff

07.05.09

City grandee Sir Win Bischoff said better regulation of the banking system was needed to keep London and the UK competitive ... more

Who's in and who's out

26.01.09

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Citi-Morgan talks seen leading to wave of deals

12.01.09

Finance: Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are set to announce a deal to combine their brokerages, a move that could trigger a fresh wave of consolidation in the troubled and thinning banking industry ... more

Bankers brace for slim pickings as bonus time nears

02.01.09

Banking: Bankers face the prospect of "dramatically lower" bonuses this year and the prospect of future payouts being clawed back if their investments fail to perform... more

My credit crunch tip: don't trust the experts

02.01.09

As you pass through life, some things you expect. No one, however, bothers to tell you about financial advisors, who enter your life without warning in your 20s, and then don't go away... more

Keeping a showboat on course

17.12.08

Some are calling it prudent financial management. Others dismiss it as economic showboating. Either way, the Dubai government repaid another $1 billion of debt this week, as it tries to calm fears of widespread defaults... more

Zadie, Jarvis and cardinal to guest-edit BBC's Today

11.12.08

Novelist Zadie Smith, singer Jarvis Cocker and head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, were confirmed as guest editors of Radio 4's Today programme... more

Don't leave an Egg sale off the Citi cuts menu

19.11.08

While the headlines about Citigroup's latest round of bloodletting say 52,000 jobs are being axed, the US bank won't make even half that number redundant... more

The vow of silence on rewards for failure

28.07.08

In the new economic climate, performance pay schemes can no longer guarantee good performance.... more

How London can stay ahead in the recession

15.07.08

The Chancellor is asking City leaders how to keep the Square Mile competitive. They would do best to let the Bank of England look after banking - and then leave well alone... more

City bosses call for UK to back Lisbon Treaty

18.06.08

Grandees said treaty was "a positive step for business and for Britain" ahead of a House of Lords debate... more

JPMorgan boss warns slump may last to 2010

13.05.08

Jamie Dimon has warned that a lengthy slump may follow the current credit crisis... more

Crisis over? No, it's set to spread much wider

08.05.08

You would think that bankers would by now be wary about following the latest fashion, but it would appear to be a habit too deeply ingrained to shake off... more