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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S.-listed shares of foreign companies declined on Monday, as a plan by Cyprus to tax bank accounts in order to stave off a bankruptcy triggered concerns about the euro-zone's financial stability and weighed on bank shares. Cypriot
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After registering sharp declines early on, stock markets across Europe had clawed back losses by the close of trade on Monday, as concerns of a contagious bank run across the Eurozone periphery were eased. Markets suffered a steep sell-off in the morning session after this weekend's controversial b
Read moreTakeover speculation at M&S stepped up a gear this weekend with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund thought to be mulling a bid for the High Street giant worth eight billion pounds. According to the Sunday Times, the Qatar Investment Authority is said to be assembling a consortium of private-equity invest
Read more* Cyprus plans to seize money from bank deposits * Analysts say move could set worrying precedent * European bank sector down 2.3 pct, hits lowest in 2 wks * (Adds analyst, executive comments, details) By Steve Slater and Lionel Laurent LONDON/PARIS, March 18 (Reu
Read moreMarkets were in risk-off mode on Monday morning as fears over the Eurozone debt crisis resurfaced after a deal to bail out Cyprus sparked a run on banks across the country. Banks and miners were bearing the brunt of the sell-off in London after Cyprus' €10bn bailout deal with the Troika - a move in
Read moreNomura has reviewed its ratings in the UK banking sector, reiterating its preference for emerging markets-focused lenders HSBC and Standard Chartered, both rated 'buy'. The broker said it continues to have a "defensive/growth bias" within the sector and believes that both HSBC and StanChart are "we
Read moreLONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - European bank shares fell more than 2 percent on Monday as a plan by Cyprus to seize money from bank deposits raised fears savers elsewhere may not be safe and the euro zone crisis could flare again. Bail-outs in Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal have not impo
Read moreFears of a bank run in Cyprus and contagion across the wider Eurozone sparked a mass sell-off on European stock markets on Monday, as the Eurozone debt crisis rears its ugly head once again. Analysts at UniCredit said in their morning note to clients that markets would be in a "risk-off mood" today
Read moreLONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - The tarnished Libor interest rate benchmark should be replaced with a range of reference rates based on actual market transactions by banks, a global group of central bankers said on Monday. Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and UBS have all been fined for
Read moreLONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Spanish bank Santander paid 2.8 million pounds ($4.2 million) in "golden hellos" to two senior executives last year, an example of a practice many investors want stamped out as part of corporate pay reforms. Finance Director Stephen Jones, who joined in March 2
Read moreMarch 15 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Adding diversification by expanding in Africa could enhance South African banks' earnings prospects in the longer term, Fitch Ratings says. But a significant increase in exposures to other African markets could we
Read moreLONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - A U.S.-style ban on Britain's banks trading with their own money is not needed and would be too difficult to enforce, a group of influential lawmakers said on Friday. Instead, Britain should use the threat of capital add-ons or other tools to bear down on any ba
Read moreLONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase kept its top spot for investment banking revenues last year while Citigroup and Barclays made the biggest improvement compared with 2011, a study showed on Thursday. Industry analytics firm Coalition said JPMorgan's investment banking revenues of
Read more* Market benchmarks being reviewed in wake of Libor affair * Five banks take part in twice-daily pricing process for gold * CFTC had talks on gold, silver fixes: Commissioner O'Malia By Veronica Brown LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - London's gold and silver markets face the p
Read more* Gold, silver discussions are in early stage -commissioner * CFTC looking into the range of index-setting * Talks not as serious as Libor investigation By Tom Polansek BOCA RATON, Fla., March 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has engaged in "a c
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