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HIGHLIGHTS-Comments from British Bankers' Association conference

(Adds quotes) LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The British Bankers' Association (BBA), the lobby group for more than 240 UK and overseas firms, held its annual conference on Thursday, attended by politicians, regulators and bank executives and other staff. Here are selected comments from th

New Banking Rules Must Be Applied Consistently, Says BoE?s Cunliffe

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Warren Buffett Reduces Stake In "Huge Mistake"

TOP NEWS: Shire "Considering Situation" After AbbVie Balks At Merger

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Shares Stage Rebound, But Not Jilted Shire

PRESS: HSBC's First Direct To Pay Out For Mis-Selling - FT

UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead

UPDATE 3-EU watchdog says bankers' allowances breach bonus rule

* EBA: role-based allowances part of bonus, not fixed pay * Banks must change non complying allowances by end December * Ruling puts EBA on collision course with Britain * Ruling mostly affects bankers in London * PwC says outcome is at most severe end of expectations (A

UK Dividends Calendar - Week Ahead

New UK bank rules help 22 pct rise in account switching

LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - More than 1.2 million Britons switched bank accounts in the first year of new rules making it easier to change banks, a 22 percent increase on the previous year and marking some progress in the government's drive to boost competition. Halifax, part of Lloyds Banki

EU watchdog says bankers' role allowances breach bonus rule

* EU bonus cap to cover payouts from early 2015 * EBA: role based allowances part of bonus, not fixed pay * Banks must change non complying allowances by end December * Up a few thousand bankers affected, largely in London * Lawyers expect scramble to re-write pay contract

Philippine retailer SSI sets IPO indicative price at 7 to 7.5 pesos/shr

MANILA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Philippine specialty retailer SSI Group Inc has set an indicative listing price of 7.00 to 7.50 pesos per share, IFR reported, as it looks to raise as much as $166 million in the country's third and biggest initial public offering this year. SSI cut the maximum pr

HSBC Bank Oman Q3 net profit rises 9 pct

DUBAI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - HSBC Bank Oman, Oman's fourth-largest lender by assets and an affiliate of HSBC Holdings, reported a 9 percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday. The lender made a net profit of 3.8 million Omani rials ($9.87 million) in the three months to September 30

RPT-Three London FX traders leave JP Morgan and HSBC - sources

(Repeats for additional subscribers) By Jamie McGeever LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Three London-based currency traders have left JP Morgan and HSBC, sources said on Tuesday, as investigations by banks and regulators into alleged collusion and manipulation in the $5.3 trillion-a-day mar

CORRECTED-HSBC fires two London-based FX traders -source

(Corrects Sarramegna's title and spelling of surname) LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - HSBC has fired two London-based currency traders, including Serge Sarramegna, who had been the bank's UK head of G10 foreign exchange cash trading, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The o