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UK financial reform could be delayed as banks scramble to avoid taxes

Thu, 01st Sep 2011 10:49

Rumours are flying that reform of the UK's financial sector could be delayed until 2015 - after the next election.Reports from the Financial Times and the BBC claim legislation could be passed to split banks' retail and investment arms before 2015 but not implemented until later.Banks have been lobbying furiously against recommendations expected in the final report of the Independent Commission on Banking, due on 12 September.The commission - chaired by former Bank of England chief economist John Vickers - said banks' retail operations should be ring-fenced from investment banking arms in its interim report in April.But business lobby group, the CBI, said there had been "a radical slowdown" in the economy since that report and implementing all its measures could starve businesses of cash.This was echoed by the British Bankers' Association, which said banks should be allowed to "finance the recovery first, pay back the taxpayer next".Business Secretary Cable said the reforms would go ahead but gave no timetable. However, he hit out at banks, accusing them of "trying to create a panic about something they know has got to happen". Meanwhile, there are reports that banks are searching for new ways to avoid costs by routing more of their trades and other business through overseas subsidiaries.Bloomberg said Nomura Holdings, HSBC Holdings and UBS AG were among those hoping to take advantage of lower taxes and less onerous rules on capital and liquidity.Chris Matten, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Singapore, told Bloomberg that Banks could record as much as 30% of the value of their trades through Hong Kong, Singapore and other jurisdictions instead of hubs such as London and New York without falling foul of regulators.The country in which assets are booked is where they are recorded for tax and regulatory purposes.If banks were to shift their businees in this way they could avoid some of the costs of reforms like the UK bank levy and a tax on transactions, currently being discussed in Europe."At the moment much of our European business is booked through a central hub," said Nomura's chief financial officer Junko Nakagawa. "As regulators become more localised, one option would be to place more business in a number of different locations." The benefit of booking business through hubs, such as London and New York, is that there are fewer counter-parties and it allows the banks to hedge their global risk holdings.The hubs are also capable of handling much greater volumes of complex transactions, raising questions as to whether other regions would be able to cope with big shifts in business.
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LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Britain's banks must reimburse defrauded customers to a maximum of 415,000 pounds ($529,000) from October next year to help combat scams, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) said on Tuesday.

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France's Credit Agricole to stop financing new fossil fuel projects

Vows to triple financing of renewable energy projects by 2030

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12 Dec 2023 16:26

US sanctions proposed buyer of HSBC's Russian business

Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Russia's Expobank, the proposed buyer of HSBC's local unit, a move that could complicate the British lender's long-awaited departure from Russia.

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12 Dec 2023 09:10

UK lenders face smaller impact from Basel rules than rivals, BoE says

LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Tuesday that implementing the final leg of the global Basel bank rules will increase capital requirements at UK banks by 3%, far less than for their European Union and U.S. peers.

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BoE says UK lenders to be hit less than EU, U.S. rivals by Basel capital rules

LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Tuesday that implementing the final leg of the global Basel bank rules will increase capital requirements at UK banks by 3%, less than for their European Union and U.S. peers.

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29 Nov 2023 16:40

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IN BRIEF: Pets At Home starts GBP25 million 2nd half of share buyback

Pets At Home Group PLC - Cheshire, England-based pet supplies and veterinary services - Launches GBP25 million second tranche of GBP50 million share buyback. Commissions HSBC Bank PLC, part of HSBC Holdings PLC, to conduct the buyback tranche, which will end by March 28 next year. The overall programme was started in June. The launch of the second tranche follows the release of interim results on Tuesday. Pretax profit declined 35% to GBP34.7 million in the 28 weeks to October 12 from GBP53.4 million a year prior, as a 6.5% revenue increase was offset by higher cost of sales and administrative expenses. Pets at Home had maintained its interim dividend at 4.5 pence per share.

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UPDATE: HSBC UK says banking services return after Black Friday outage

(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC said its digital services are returning to normal after UK customers were left struggling to access mobile and online banking on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

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