LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney was speaking on Wednesday after the BoE said Royal Bank of Scotland will have to bolster its capital holdings. The BoE also said the financial system faces a "challenging" outlook due to risks posed by leaving the European Unio
Read more(ShareCast News) - Royal Bank of Scotland has been forced to submit plans to improve its capital position after failing the Bank of England's annual stress tests, while rivals Barclays and Standard Chartered stumbled over some hurdles but not badly enough to require raising new funds. Despite these
Read more(ShareCast News) - Credit Suisse initiated coverage on a number of UK banks on Tuesday, as it noted the regulatory agenda is heating up, starting with the stress test results on Wednesday, for which it reckons banks are "reasonably well placed". It started Barclays at 'outperform' with a 260p price
Read more* FTSE 100 closes down 0.6 percent * Banks and energy shares lead declines * Utilities gain as investors back safe stocks (ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets) By Pe
Read more(ShareCast News) - Banks and retailers were among the weakest segments of the market at the start of the week. Share price falls in Italian lenders ahead of the 4 December referendum on constitutional reform appeared to crystallise worries about that country´s banking system and fed negative sentime
Read moreBy Kirstin Ridley LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Three former Barclays traders jailed for manipulating Libor benchmark interest rates after a London trial have been denied a request to appeal against their conviction and sentence, the wife of one said on Friday. Julie Pabon said her husb
Read more(ShareCast News) - Philip Hammond delivered his Autumn Statement bearing the scars of Brexit, but determined not to submit meekly to projections of a weaker economy and public finances. The chancellor's strategy raised four important economic questions. What is the likely cost of Brexit? How much he
Read more(Releads with details, comments from tribunal hearing) By Steve Slater and Alex Chambers LONDON, Nov 23 (IFR) - Barclays dismissed one of its most senior investment bankers as a "direct response" of what he told the Serious Fraud Office during an investigation into the bank, his lawye
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