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City’s fury at Darling plans to curb banks’ bonus culture

16.11.09
There was growing anger across the City today over plans the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling has to “tear up” bankers’ bonus contracts ... more

City fury at George Osborne’s bonus war on bankers

26.10.09
George Osborne faced attacks from all sides after the shadow chancellor called for a clampdown on big bonuses... more

Barclays’ warning to regulators over bonuses

19.10.09
Barclays chairman Marcus Agius has warned UK regulators that they cannot afford to be tougher on banks than financial authorities in other countries such as the United States ... more

Darling puts bankers on the rack — and jobs on the line

28.09.09
Chancellor wins standing ovation with an attack on bankers - but angers union leaders with warning of 'difficult' decisions on spending... more

How can we persuade them to lend us more?

18.09.09
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Comment: Sorry, Lord Turner, but you’re way out of step

28.08.09
Lord Turner has been doing some big thinking about the future of the City, and his views will not be popular to many who read them in London ... more

Watchdog warns banks over a return to big bonuses

12.08.09
City regulator Hector Sants today warned London-based banks that they should not return to their “bad old ways” ... more

Mandelson puts pressure on banks over business loans

27.07.09
Downing Street stepped up pressure on banks to give struggling industry a lifeline of cheaper loans... more

Loans to firms are rising say bankers

27.07.09
UK banks today said lending to small businesses rose by £391 million last month amid Government claims they are starving the economy of funds ... more

Sweeping proposals win a welcome from most

16.07.09
Gordon Brown said: “He makes some very clear recommendations which I believe will be adopted. There have been excesses, it is seen by the public as irresponsible and unfair, we have got to take the action.” ... more

Darling forced to let sleeping dogs lie in reform of banks

09.07.09
If there was ever a case of the badger that didn't bark, it was Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday... more

City Spy: In the business of making excuses

01.07.09
Lord Mandelson claims he was forced to delay the sale of a stake in Royal Mail because there are more pressing matters to deal with. Funny...... more

HSBC boss Stephen Green warns the crisis is 'far from over'

30.06.09
HSBC chairman Stephen Green has declared that the financial and economic crisis is a long way from being over as regulators warned that the overhaul of the banking system could result in lower profits... more

City Spy: Smart timing for Hutton to resign

30.06.09
One of the surprises of the recent reshuffle was John Hutton's decision to quit as defence secretary... more

Banks hit back at plans for tough regulation overhaul

18.06.09
British banks fought back after a rift emerged between the Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor over their future regulation... more

Don't be too harsh on us, say bankers

15.05.09
Bankers hit back at criticism from the Treasury Select Committee, claiming that new regulations on pay could damage the wider economy ... more

Judge and jury take on the political establishment

20.04.09
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Laughter and hard-headed realism from the banks' pearly queen

10.12.08
Interview: It's just as well Angela Knight laughs a lot - as chief executive of the British Bankers' Association, she needs a sense of humour ... more

Lending rates must come down

05.12.08
The pressure on the banks to pass on yesterday’s interest rate cut to borrowers shows no signs of diminishing... more

No10 refuses to rule out banks takeover

21.11.08
The Prime Minister dramatically upped the stakes in the battle to make banks boost lending by refusing to rule out full-scale nationalisation... more

Banks finally shamed into 1.5 per cent rate cuts

07.11.08
Britain's banks have bowed to huge public and political pressure to slash mortgage rates for millions... more

Now HSBC is caught up in shares plunge

24.10.08
Shares plunged as ministers braced themselves for confirmation that Britain is heading into recession... more

More women traders needed as men suffer 'testosterone effect'

24.10.08
Stock market dealing could be more successful if there were more women on the trading floors, a Cambridge academic claims... more

Shameless spin from banks’ sinless wonders

21.10.08
A sign of how deep the levels of denial still run in the banking industry came in phone calls last week from people who are, er, influential in the sector... more

It’s a bit late for broker to stop coverage of B&B

30.09.08
Shares of failed buy-to-let lender Bradford & Bingley were suspended at 20p before the start of trading on the stock market, to allow for the transfer of ownership into public hands... more

'Death sentence' for short-sellers

19.09.08
City speculators who bet on bank shares falling face a "bloodbath"... more

Crisis increases US rate-cut chances

15.09.08
The US Federal Reserve could be poised to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point in the wake of the Lehman collapse... more

Always a sinking feeling over societies that floated

03.06.08
Simon English says we should cherish the Nationwide, hate all banks, and beware the nappy/beer formula... more

Crude attacks on a man who gets oil price right

27.05.08
Demand for sensible explanations of where the oil price is going will continue to outstrip supply... more

Banks to oppose plans for a crisis committee

04.04.08
UK banks will oppose Chancellor Alistair Darling's plans to set up a Cobra-style committee... more

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