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BoE turns up the heat on accountants for banks

By Huw Jones LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The Bank of England (BoE) has turned up the heat on accounting firms used by banks, saying they must provide the central bank with written reports from November 2016 on their audits of Britain's main lenders. Policymakers questioned the accuracy

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UK MORNING BRIEFING: Lloyds Banking Returns To Dividend List

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Friday newspaper round-up: Greek bailout, Ukraine gas, National Rail

Germany is expected to approve a new bailout deal for Greece on Friday, The Telegraph reported. Ukraine has refused to pay for more gas deliveries to Russia, arguing that Gazprom only supplied 40% of the order it promised, The Times wrote. National Rail chief executive Mark Carne has condemned the

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MOVES- Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, KPMG

(Adds Morgan Stanley, Towergate Insurance) Feb 26 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us of other job changes, email moves@thomsonreuters.com. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC The banking group said it had promoted two

Goldman Sachs UK corporate broking co-head Shelley set to join Barclays

By Andrew Winterbottom Feb 26 (Reuters) - Philip Shelley, co-head of UK corporate broking at Goldman Sachs Group Inc is set to join Barclays, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Shelley, who joined Goldman Sachs from UBS four years ago, is expected to join in a senior client

How Sands fell from grace at Standard Chartered

By Steve Slater and Lawrence White LONDON/HONG KONG, Feb 26 (Reuters) - In summer 2012 Peter Sands was flying high as Standard Chartered Chief Executive, batting back questions on whether he was tempted to run Barclays or even the Bank of England. Praised for steering a safe path thro

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BoE scheme fails to increase lending to small businesses

LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Lending to small businesses by banks in Britain taking part in the Bank of England's Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) fell by 800 million pounds ($1.2 billion) in the fourth quarter, the BoE said on Thursday. The FLS was launched in mid-2012 to provide cheap money

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ON THE MOVE-Veteran U.S. brokerage lawyer McKay to join Barclays

By Jed Horowitz NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Kevin McKay, who began his Wall Street legal career in 1978 at E.F. Hutton, will join Barclays PLC's wealth and investment management division in the Americas next month as general counsel, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday. For the p

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