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UPDATE 1-Lawmakers to grill UK watchdog over scrapping of banking culture review

* FCA chair, CEO to be quizzed on January 20 * Osborne says McDermott does not want job permanently (Adds more detail, Osborne on McDermott) By Huw Jones LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The heads of Britain's Financial Conduct Authority will be asked later this month by a panel of l

UPDATE 1-Standard Chartered, DBS among banks in China forex ban - sources

* Last week China suspended 3 foreign banks from FX business * Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank, DBS hit by ban -sources * The ban extends until the end of March for some banks * StanChart has asked China to shorten suspension -source (Adds DBS) By Engen Tham and Saeed

Lawmakers ask UK watchdog to explain scrapping of bank culture review

LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Top officials at Britain's Financial Conduct Authority have been called to appear before a panel of lawmakers to explain why the watchdog ditched a review of banking culture. The review was part of the FCA's 2015 business plan but last month it was shelved, sparkin

UK bankers say EU has helped London financial centre thrive

* HSBC, Barclays say EU has been crucial to London success * HSBC could realign some ops to continent after a Brexit * Bankers see limited room for UK rule changes outside EU By Huw Jones LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Britain's financial sector has thrived in the European Unio

Standard Chartered among banks in China forex ban -sources

* Last week China suspended 3 foreign banks from forex business * Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank hit by the ban -sources * The ban extends until the end of March * StanChart has asked China to shorten suspension -source By Engen Than SHANGHAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - St

Standard Chartered among banks in China forex ban -sources

* Last week China suspended 3 foreign banks from forex business * Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank hit by the ban -sources * The ban extends until the end of March * StanChart has asked China to shorten suspension -source By Engen Than SHANGHAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - St

Standard Chartered among banks in China forex ban -sources

* Last week China suspended 3 foreign banks from forex business * Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank hit by the ban -sources * The ban extends until the end of March * StanChart has asked China to shorten suspension -source By Engen Than SHANGHAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - St

Standard Chartered among banks in China forex ban -sources

* Last week China suspended 3 foreign banks from forex business * Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank hit by the ban -sources * The ban extends until the end of March * StanChart has asked China to shorten suspension -source By Engen Than SHANGHAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - St

Regional REIT Buys Basingstoke Office, Secures New Lease Agreements

US IG CLOSE-Eight issuers raise US$15.775bn

* Financials account for almost half of issuance volumes * Household names Walt Disney, Harley-Davidson also tap market * Entergy trade over seven times oversubscribed * LQD ETF up 0.05% By Mike Gambale NEW YORK, Jan 5 (IFR) - Below is a recap of primary issuance act

After hiccup, US primary bond market back in action

By Will Caiger-Smith NEW YORK, Jan 5 (IFR) - The US high-grade primary market got 2016 started in earnest on Tuesday, with eight new bond offerings coming to market a day after jitters about China kept issuers on the sidelines. Big-name US credits and Yankee bank borrowers got the yea

TIMELINE-Barclays seeks stay of U.S. power market manipulation case

Jan 5 - Barclays Plc last week asked the U.S. district court in California to stay proceedings in an alleged power market manipulation case against the bank and four of its former energy traders pending resolution of an appeal. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2012 alleged B

PRESS: Barclays To Quit Investment Banking In Korea, Taiwan - Reuters

Global investment banking fees fall 8 pct in 2015

By Anjuli Davies LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Global investment banking fees fell 8 percent in 2015 compared to a year earlier, with a boom in mergers and acquisition activity failing to offset a slump in equity and debt capital markets fees, Thomson Reuters data published on Tuesday showed.</

PRESS: Barclays To Close Down Indian Equities Business - Reuters