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Engineering group Weir could be on the verge of a blockbuster 8.5bn pound merger with Finnish rival Metso. Like its Scottish rival it manufactures industrial pumps and valves for the global oil and gas mining markets. It is thought that Weir could be prepared to pay as much as 30 euros per share for
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By Jamie McGeever March 31 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG, the world's largest currency trader, has placed on leave a director of institutional foreign exchange sales as part of an internal investigation into potential exchange rate manipulation, a source familiar with the matter said on Mond
Read more* BoE's Bailey: insurance sector well-placed for annuity change * Bailey reiterates that BoE vigilant on housing market By Huw Jones LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - Banks still need to be persuaded that well-capitalised lenders are important to economic growth, Bank of England Depu
Read more* Swiss competition body opens probe into eight banks on FX * "Evidence exists that banks colluded" on FX rates -WEKO * UK FCA to assess if banks have cut benchmark rigging risk * FX market could take years to recover - industry chief (Adds details from UK financial watchdog)<
Read moreBy Jamie McGeever LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - Switzerland's competition commission WEKO said on Monday it had formally opened an investigation into eight Swiss, U.S. and British banks over potential collusion to manipulate foreign exchange rates. The unfolding scandal has so far seen
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Bern (Alliance News) - The Swiss Competition Commission said it started a formal investigation on Monday against eight banks for possible manipulation of major currency rates. The suspects include Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse as well as major foreign lenders. "There is evidence t
Read moreLONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - Britain's financial industry watchdog plans to step up its scrutiny of whether banks have strong enough controls on their traders behaviour and if lessons have been learned from recent Libor rigging controversies. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the r
Read moreZURICH, March 31 (Reuters) - Switzerland's competition watchdog said on Monday it had opened an investigation into several Swiss, British and American banks over possible collusion to manipulate foreign exchange rates. WEKO said it is investigating UBS, Credit Suisse , Zuercher Kantonal Ban
Read moreBy Dena Aubin NEW YORK, March 28 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that a group of international banks must face complaints that they violated the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act by manipulating yen-denominated interest rate benchmarks between 2006 and 2010. In a ruling o
Read more(Adds more detail, background) By Huw Jones LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulators will examine whether computer systems used by the country's banks and building societies are fit for purpose, after a succession of problems which left millions of customers unable
Read moreLONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulators will examine whether computer systems used by the country's leading banks are fit for purpose after a string of glitches that angered millions of customers. The Financial Conduct Authority, the Bank of England and its Prudential Re
Read moreWASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - A top U.S. regulator gave a spirited defense on Thursday of new rules forcing foreign banks to hold more capital in their U.S. units, after overseas firms and regulators criticized the requirements. Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo said the rules are
Read moreLONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - Aldermore, the fledgeling British bank attempting to challenge the big players in small business and household lending, has named former Coutts and Standard Chartered banker Glyn Jones as its new chairman. Aldermore was founded in 2009 and has established itself
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - The main London stock indices fell on Thursday, hit by regulator intervention in the banking and energy sectors and continued concerns about Ukraine, while the pound rose to a weekly high against the dollar after UK retail sales grew much faster than expected last month.<
Read more- FTSE closes 16.98 points lower at 6,588.32 - Feb UK retail sales rise by more than expected - US jobless claims fall more than expected techMARK 2,763.04 -0.70% FTSE 100 6,588.32 -0.26% FTSE 250 16,202.17 -0.31% Stocks ended Thursday's session broadly lower as both the banking and mining sectors
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