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How we should tackle bonus outrage

19.10.09

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Holidaymakers with symptoms facing ban on foreign travel

20.07.09

Thousands of holidaymakers could be prevented from going abroad this summer after being warned not to travel if they have symptoms of swine flu... more

Holidaymakers with symptoms facing ban on foreign travel

20.07.09

Thousands of holidaymakers could be prevented from going abroad this summer after being warned not to travel if they have symptoms of swine flu... more

Insurers need doctor's note for cancelled trips, but GPs are too busy

17.07.09

Holidaymakers faced confusion over claims for insurance if they need to cancel their trip because of swine flu... more

Investors oppose BT bosses' bonus deal

15.07.09

One in 10 big City investors is so angered by BT's recent performance that they voted against the telecom giant's latest pay deal for executives... more

RBS chief Stephen Hester tries to defuse pay row

02.07.09

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester has today tried to deflate the controversy over his pay packet by pledging to retain any share awards for an extra two years ... more

Osborne lifts the veil on Tory policy

10.06.09

The chairman of British Airways, Martin Broughton, recently used his last interviews as president of employers’ organisation the CBI to say how concerned business was that it had no idea what the Tories planned to do if they got into office. At this stage in the election cycle, he said, one would have thought there would be some policies on display — not all of them, of course, but at least some ... more

Chairmen must face an annual test

18.05.09

It was suggested here last Monday that it would be best if Sir Victor Blank stood down as chairman of Lloyds Banking Group rather than put the business through the strains of a shareholder revolt against his re-election. That is the decision he has wisely taken and he can now move on.... more

Time to debate the future of our financial services is now

07.05.09

Politicians invariably behave even more oddly than usual when there is an election looming, and it is useful to bear this simple thought in mind when looking at the raft of proposals emerging from all corners of the European continent for regulation of the financial-services industry... more

City big guns warn G20 not to take too-tough line on global regulation

31.03.09

London faces huge damage as a financial centre if G20 world leaders decide at their meeting on Thursday to create an overly onerous world regulator, the Association of British Insurers warned... more

Recession is even worse but ‘rally is on the way’

27.03.09

Britain has been in a deeper recession than was first feared, official figures have revealed... more

Angry MPs want some answers at City grilling

22.01.09

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Bank chiefs told: Hand back your Ł143m in bonuses

21.01.09

Pressure is growing on Britain's high street bank chiefs to hand back tens of millions of pounds of bonuses paid out as a reward for their "success"... more

Letting Lehman go under was Paulson’s big mistake

12.01.09

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Wrongs and rights of a downturn

06.01.09

People tend to think that no one raises money on the stock market in an economic downturn and when share prices are low... more

Attack on Barclays’ Arab fund-raiser stepped up

17.11.08

Credit Crunch: The heat was turned up on Barclays’ Ł7 billion Arab fund-raiser as an outspoken investor group said it was the duty of shareholders to block the deal ... more

Barclays' Ł7bn Mid-East bailout to get go-ahead

14.11.08

Barclays' Ł7 billion bailout, mainly from Middle Eastern investors, looks increasingly likely to go ahead even as the bank's existing shareholders vent their frustration at the terms of the deal... more

Barclays' Ł7bn raiser is under pressure

12.11.08

Banking: Barclays' Ł7 billion fundraising, which allowed it to avoid a Government bailout, is coming under increasing pressure from shareholders... more

Worry over Pru and Aviva as FSA offers to ease capital rule

16.10.08

Insurance: Shares in the UK's two top insurers slumped on panic they could be the next institutions to require a bailout, or at least an injection of fresh capital from investors... more

Finance

08.10.08

Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... more

A Falklands factor for Brown?

30.09.08

The Tories have been careful so far in Birmingham to maintain strict control over delegates in the conference hall - which is easy - and in the bars and fringe meetings running late into the night, which can be a much harder proposition... more

Grave danger of bank rescues

15.09.08

It always used to be believed that London’s position as an international financial centre would not come under serious challenge as long as government avoided ill thought-out changes in taxation and regulation. Given London’s success and importance, neither of these was likely, so the City was secure... more

B&B faces investor backlash over revised rights issue

03.06.08

Bosses at Bradford & Bingley face a backlash from investors over the bank's cut-price Ł400million rights issue and share placing.... more

HSBC under fire over Ł120m bonus scheme for execs

30.05.08

HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, faced a barrage of criticism from shareholders at its annual meeting over its controversial bonus plan to pay its top executives up to Ł120 million... more

HSBC chief urges world rate rises to curb inflation

27.05.08

HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan today calls on central bankers around the world to raise interest rates to fight inflation... more

Take heed on this one, Gordon

25.04.08

It will be interesting to see how the Government reacts to the response from the Association of British Insurers to its ideas on how to prevent another Northern Rock debacle... more

Calling foreign firms to account

14.04.08

In the battle to attract foreign companies to list in London there is a danger standards might slip... more

Insurers swell call for reform

25.03.08

The insurance industry joins the call for reform of personal injury compensation... more

One-way bet on house prices as the flood of easy money dries up

27.02.08

According to Stenham Consultants, an adviser to property buyers, the main reason commercial property prices went up so much in the last three years was there was simply too much money around and it was too easy to borrow. Now the money is drying up, prices are falling fast... more

It's vital we toughen up the rules on disclosure

15.02.08

It has never been easy to find out who is wheeling and dealing in a company's shares. In the old days, those with something to conceal could hide behind nominees... more