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Bank of America settles currency-rigging lawsuit

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp has settled its portion of a U.S. antitrust lawsuit in which investors accused 12 major banks of rigging prices in the foreign exchange market. The settlement with the second-largest U.S. bank was disclosed on Th

AGM, EGM Calendar - Week Ahead

Barclays investors urged to reject CEO's pay award

LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc shareholders should reject the British bank's remuneration policy, as pay for Chief Executive Antony Jenkins is "excessive", a shareholder advisory group said on Wednesday. Pirc, an independent group that says it offers advice to institutional inve

Tuesday broker round-up

Marks&Spencer: UBS reiterates buy and lifts target price to 625p from 590p. HSBC: Credit Suisse reiterates underweight stance and Investec its recommendation to sell. Barclays: Credit Suisse reiterates neutral and 250p target. Tesco: Deutsche reiterates buy and 275p target price. Royal Dutch Shel

MOVES-State Street names Alex Lawton senior managing director

April 14 (Reuters) - State Street Corp has appointed Alex Lawton senior managing director and head of securities finance for State Street Global Markets in Europe, the Middle-East and Africa. Lawton joins from Barclays Plc where he was head of equity finance for the EMEA region. (Reportin

Friday tips round-up: UK Banks, Cranswick

The loan loss ratio for UK banks stood at 0.14% at the end of 2014 according to Standard&Poor's, versus 0.69% in 2013 - a rare positive for the sector. It is a reflection of faster economic growth, low interest rates, higher property prices, banks' sale of dodgy property loans, lending deemed proble

MOVES-Christopher Shaw joins Moelis' oil and gas team from Barclays

April 9 (Reuters) - Investment bank Moelis & Co appointed Christopher Shaw as a managing director in the oil and gas sector. Shaw, who has nearly 20 years of oil and gas investment banking experience, most recently worked as a managing director at Barclays. He will join Moelis in Jul

REFILE-Apple faces local battles as it prepares global payments push

(Refiles to fix typographical error in headline, no change in text) * Apple Pay global expansion slowed by local payment differences * Seen likely to target countries with strong iPhone penetration * Australia, China, UK viewed among likely next moves - experts By Eric Auc

Barclays' head of markets Eric Felder to leave bank -memo

LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - Barclays head of markets Eric Felder is leaving the bank, less than a year after he was appointed to supervise its global sales and trading businesses, according to an internal memo. Felder intended to "pursue a career more aligned with his personal and professio

MEDIA-Barclays Markets Chief Eric Felder to leave after year on job - WSJ

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UK banks paid 60% of profits in fines, KPMG says

The UK's largest banks have collectively paid 60% of their profits since 2011 towards regulatory fines and reimbursing customers for mis-selling, according to KPMG. In a new report published on Tuesday, the global advisory firm estimated that such costs, including repayments related to Payment Prote

MEDIA-Barclays ordered to pay ex-trader about $9 mln, lawyer says -Bloomberg

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UPDATE 1-US judge approves deferred prosecution deal with Commerzbank

* Bank to collectively pay $1.45 bln to US, NY authorities * US Justice Department defers prosecution for 3 years * Judge cites bank's cooperation, compliance improvements (Updates with details from the hearing, background on the case) By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, April

BUZZ-View from the buyside: Lloyds a strong divi play-OMGI

** Scope for divi ramp-up from Lloyds Banking Group , which recently announced its first payout since being bailed out during the financial crisis, says Stephen Message, manager of Old Mutual Global Investors' UK Equity Income Fund ** Message reckons Lloyds -- which said (end Feb) it is to