Patrick Jenkins

Monday, 22 May, 2023

Inside BusinessFinancial literacy

Banks must not be allowed to use financial exclusion as a route to profit

Increasing numbers of people are being frozen out of the formal financial system

Friday, 19 May, 2023

Personal Finance

NatWest: mass free share offer could revive UK stock ownership culture

The government could finally sell out and the stock market could get a welcome boost

Monday, 8 May, 2023

Inside BusinessUS banks

The fast-growing kingdom of Jamie Dimon

The question now is whether JPMorgan is too big for its own good

Thursday, 27 April, 2023

ObituaryWinfried Bischoff

Win Bischoff, banker, 1941-2023

One of the great City characters, he righted both Citigroup and Lloyds during his six-decade career

Monday, 17 April, 2023

Inside BusinessFinancial & markets regulation

Deposit insurance is key to the confidence trick of banking

Reforms to guarantee schemes in UK and US are essential to avoid a deeper crisis

Sunday, 16 April, 2023

UK financial regulation

Bank of England considers major reform of deposit guarantee scheme

UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme faces review after failure of Silicon Valley Bank

Monday, 27 March, 2023

Inside BusinessCredit Suisse Group AG

Credit Suisse’s demise: a new twist on the ‘Swiss finish’

The bank’s fall has profoundly damaged Switzerland’s reputation in investment banking, wealth management and regulation

Friday, 17 March, 2023

Banks

Are banks on the edge of another 2008-style precipice?

Bearish nerves seem to be winning right now — despite good reasons to hope not

Friday, 17 March, 2023

ReviewBusiness books

Blue Blood — inside the house of Cazenove

Robert Pickering’s book is a fascinating account of the triumphs and travails of a storied financial institution

Monday, 13 March, 2023

Kenneth C. Griffin

US capitalism is ‘breaking down before our eyes’, says Ken Griffin

Citadel founder argues that refusing to bail out SVB depositors in full would be ‘great lesson in moral hazard’

Monday, 13 March, 2023

Inside BusinessExecutive Pay

Alpha males plus poor governance equals big pay deals

Recent events at UniCredit echo those at Barclays a decade ago

Monday, 27 February, 2023

Inside BusinessExchange traded funds

The inherent flaws of corporate bond ETFs

The investment vehicles present a worrying systemic vulnerability

Tuesday, 21 February, 2023

Vanguard Group Inc

Vanguard chief defends decision to pull asset manager out of climate alliance

Champion of low-cost trackers warns against expecting superior returns from ESG funds and alternative strategies

Monday, 13 February, 2023

Inside BusinessCredit Suisse Group AG

Six numbers that show why Credit Suisse has little leeway

Disappointing results leave no more room for accidents as it carries out restructuring

Monday, 30 January, 2023

Inside BusinessBarclays PLC

Barclays, Venkat and the ghost of Edward Bramson

Bank seeks to turn around investor concerns that have driven down its valuation

Monday, 16 January, 2023

Inside BusinessHong Kong

Hong Kong’s financial hub is at a crossroads

Can Asia’s key capital market maintain its international outlook?

Monday, 19 December, 2022

Inside BusinessCity of London

How poor smart kids could help boost the City

Financial sector’s social diversity initiative needs more meat but could be important

Monday, 5 December, 2022

Inside BusinessUK energy

Is Octopus-Bulb a replay of Lloyds-HBOS?

Or has everyone learnt the lessons of 14 years ago?

Monday, 21 November, 2022

Financial services

Why Visa and Mastercard have yet to face their Kodak moment

The fintech disrupters of the payments sector are no such thing

Monday, 7 November, 2022

Inside BusinessHSBC Holdings PLC

HSBC strains reach breaking point

The bank’s days as the financial embodiment of globalisation are over

Monday, 24 October, 2022

Inside BusinessGilts

The LDI crisis is spurring a seismic shift in the gilt market

Reduced demand from pension funds will change the government bond market

Monday, 3 October, 2022

Inside BusinessPensions crisis

Failure to learn lessons of 2008 caused LDI pension blow-up

There are clear parallels with many of the issues that led to the financial crisis

Friday, 23 September, 2022

Bank bonuses

Kwarteng has sent a powerful message on bankers’ bonuses

Ending the cap was the first concrete sign of a promised deregulatory agenda

Monday, 12 September, 2022

Inside BusinessEnergy sector

Energy crisis should spur regulatory overhaul

Critical infrastructure needs more robust oversight just as banks did after 2008

Monday, 12 September, 2022

Brexit

Brussels offers to reduce Northern Ireland border checks

EU’s Brexit chief ‘encouraged’ by UK intention to seek negotiated settlement on trade

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