Patrick Jenkins | Financial Times

Monday, 15 February, 2021

Inside BusinessRetail trading

Are leveraged Gen Z traders the next systemic risk?

Magnified bets on a soaraway market by have-a-go investors may be a broader threat to stability

Monday, 1 February, 2021

Inside BusinessCredit cards

Post-Brexit penalty reveals the power of the credit card duopoly

‘Interchange’ fees for Britons who buy goods from the EU with Mastercard to jump sharply

Monday, 18 January, 2021

Inside BusinessFinancial fraud

Why banks should not bear all the burden of Britain’s scam culture

The cost of soaring online fraud should be shared by other companies

Sunday, 10 January, 2021

Brexit

Brexit can mean London loses even if the EU doesn’t gain

Perversely, some City trading will be routed through Chicago or New York

Monday, 21 December, 2020

Inside BusinessBaFin

Why Germany should shut down BaFin

Regulators in the finance industry must be brought under the same umbrella

Sunday, 20 December, 2020

InterviewFinancial & markets regulation

Allianz chief urges stricter fintech rules after Wirecard scandal

Oliver Bäte says regulation is ‘major problem’ and similar high-profile cases are likely

Monday, 7 December, 2020

Inside BusinessUniCredit SpA

How politics trumped investor pragmatism at UniCredit

Mustier’s departure reflects tensions playing out the world over from the US presidential election to Brexit

Monday, 23 November, 2020

Inside BusinessCo-operative Bank

The ethical mission of private equity

Cerberus’s interest in Co-op Bank is not the contradiction it might seem

Thursday, 19 November, 2020

FT Magazine

Why financial literacy matters more than ever

As the economic climate worsens, the FT’s new foundation aims to help improve money management skills for the most vulnerable

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Monday, 9 November, 2020

Inside BusinessFintech

Ant setback signals reckoning for fintech

Decision by Chinese authorities over IPO underlines regulatory pressures on sector as it expands

Monday, 26 October, 2020

Inside BusinessUK banks

Now would be a crazy time for banks to resume dividends

Bankers’ claims that the worst of defaults is over from the Covid shock ignores the reality of second-wave problems

Monday, 12 October, 2020

Inside BusinessFinancial services

The Great Wall (Street) of China

2020 marks the year when Beijing finally threw open its doors to US banks despite broader Sino-American tensions

Thursday, 1 October, 2020

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC

Goldman and Morgan Stanley scaled back underwriting on Rolls-Royce cash call

Banks cut exposure by half because of concerns over pandemic and volatility in run-up to US election

Monday, 28 September, 2020

Inside BusinessAerospace & Defence

How Barclays paved the way for Rolls-Royce cash call

Echoes of bank’s 2008 capital raising in engine-maker’s talks with sovereign funds

Monday, 14 September, 2020

Inside BusinessLloyds Banking Group PLC

Hedge funds slug it out over Lloyds Bank

The UK lender finds itself at the centre of a tussle between bullish and bearish investors

Monday, 31 August, 2020

European banks

Health concerns swirl around Europe’s obese and addicted banks

Interventions have destroyed returns and left most lenders essentially uninvestable

Tuesday, 11 August, 2020

Inside BusinessCommerzbank AG

Stop laughing at European banks and start the mergers

After dismal quarters from Commerzbank, Société Générale and UniCredit, it is time for smart deals

Tuesday, 4 August, 2020

Inside BusinessIPOs

The twisted logic of reverse listings

Spacs are attractive for companies but investors should beware meagre information and dilution effect

Monday, 20 July, 2020

Inside BusinessBanks

Big banks look to the cloud to accelerate digital shift

Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and HSBC sign partnership deals in tech awakening

Monday, 6 July, 2020

Inside BusinessEuropean economy

Deutsche Bank’s new-found momentum is unlikely to last

A few good months for the German lender does not add up to turnaround

Friday, 26 June, 2020

Lunch with the FT

John McFarlane: ‘What do you do? You put a plant in that corner’

Westpac’s new chairman on turnrounds, trouble at Barclays and the secret of his success: feng shui

Wednesday, 24 June, 2020

Banks

Corporate rescues should come with strings attached

Regulators should apply lessons learnt in 2008 from saving the banks

Monday, 8 June, 2020

Inside BusinessFinancial services

The twisted logic of backing both George Floyd and Xi Jinping

Double standards abound but bosses have recognised they must look like they care

Monday, 25 May, 2020

Inside BusinessIntesa Sanpaolo SpA

Intesa Sanpaolo is the EU’s most prized bank: why?

Italian lender has certain advantages but industry headwinds should not be underestimated

Monday, 18 May, 2020

Inside BusinessBanks

Why banks should raise equity to get through this stress

Even if banking system’s protections are double or triple those of 2008, things could easily be three times as bad

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