The UK chancellor's autumn statement and funding problems at European banks
Ahead of George Osborne's autumn statement, the Banking Weekly team discuss his plans for the government to underwrite loans for small and medium sized companies. Also this week, European banks face a...
28 Marras 201110min
Management turmoil at Lloyds, Northern Rock's return to the private sector and UBS's bonus pool
The management turmoil at Lloyds after high-profile hire Nathan Bostock, who was due to take charge of the bank’s wholesale division decided to stay on at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Also this week, t...
21 Marras 201115min
Risk-weighted assets, valuing bank debt, and Italy and the Eurozone crisis
Risk-weighted assets and how banks are trying to optimise their risk weightings. How banks account for the valuation of their own debt, which has been a big boost for to some banks’ quarterly profits....
14 Marras 201116min
António Horta-Osório’s break from Lloyds, the MF Global collapse and Bob Diamond’s cuddly bankers
In this week’s show: Lloyd’s faces a vacuum at the top as its chief executive takes a leave of absence on medical grounds, MF Global’s collapse has worrying echoes of Lehman Brothers and are bankers f...
7 Marras 201118min
Barclays’ results, shadow banking regulation and the eurozone deal
In this week’s show: what Barclays results signify for the rest of the UK banking sector, now that investors have seen the details, how are the markets reacting to the eurozone rescue package, and how...
31 Loka 201116min
Selling Lloyds’ branches, entering the earnings season and bank recapitalisation
In this week’s show: The lacklustre interest in Lloyds branch portfolio from the private sector, what third-quarter investment bank results tell us about the health of the sector, and the options for ...
23 Loka 201114min
Greece haircuts, Northern Rock bidders and the banking results season
In this week’s show: prospects for a renegotiation of the private sector’s role in bailing out Greece, the bidding process for Northern Rock and what JPMorgan’s results signify for the wider investmen...
16 Loka 201114min
Expanding the European Financial Stability Facility
In this week's show: why Slovakia could yet throw a spanner in the works of plans to expand the eurozone’s bail-out fund, the European Financial Stability Facility or EFSF, and why the Basel committee...
9 Loka 201114min
