Banks are tightening their standards for all major commercial and residential loans in an effort to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis. ...
James Lockhart, vice chairman of WL Ross & Co. and the former director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, discusses the health of the ba...
"We do need more competition in the banking sector," Lord Norman Lamont, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, told CNBC Tuesday. "I know we h...
"There weren't that many surprises" in the Barclays results Tuesday, "other than the softness in the retail banking area," Ralph Silva from ...
Barclays said strong investment banking helped limit a fall in profit in the third quarter. The UK bank will also restart dividends next mon...
The euro looks set to rally against the dollar toward $1.60 and that rise could coincide with a rally in commodities and stocks, Roelof van ...
For the long term, invest in Asia ex-Japan, suggests Philip Niem, head of Asian discretionary portfolio management at Barclays Wealth. He ex...
The sea is the limit for Nautical Petroleum as they prepare statements of permission to develop two oil production sites in the North Sea. “...
There is not much doubt that Kraft will make a bid for Cadbury Monday, according to Martin Deboo from Investec. This deal won’t end quickly ...
“We are beginning to see some signs that people can see this (stimulus) coming to an end, and we should certainly see this coming to an end ...
The Nikkei 225 finished up 0.2% at 9,808 Monday, but volume was down at a 6-week low. Fast Retailing, Suzuki Motor, and Kubota were top gain...
Chinese government is calling on the US to keep deficit under control ahead of President Obama’s visit next week. “This is a more confident ...
It was a surprise that keeping stimulus measures was all that was decided at the weekend's G20 meeting, David Page from Investec told CNBC M...
We need to have a pause and take a breather before the end of the year, Paul Ramscar from Financial Partners told CNBC Monday. There will be...
“There’s a risk in the market that we could be seeing potentially a bond collapse in the coming months,” Laura Smith from Mako Financial Mar...
“This (the Middle East) is no longer an attractive area for the emerging market fund managers,” Hassan Khalil from WMG told CNBC Monday. Thi...
A lot of investment bankers aren't really bankers, but more like bookies, and they aren't really receiving bonuses, but profit share, Peter ...
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The XETRA DAX will reach a low point, falling 6-7% at the end of this month, according to Robin Griffiths from Cazenove Capital. “The fall i...
Discussing how Taiwanese financials will fare on the back of news that China is ready to sign a financial MOU with Taiwan, with Seow Hock Hi...
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TOPIC : Banking
Cautiously optimistic comments from two British banks this morning: HSBC earnings were better than expected and the tone of the report was upbeat, with bad loans down... Read More
6 Nov 2009
Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve kept its federal funds rate unchanged in a range of zero to 0.25 percent, and said the economy "continued to pick up" since its last meeting... Read More
3 Nov 2009
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The most commonly misunderstood narratives emerging from last year’s financial upheaval are that the crisis was caused by big banks, and that the crisis started with the failure of one big bank in particular – Lehman Brothers... Read More
2 Nov 2009
Financials weaken midday and traders are citing two factors... Read More
30 Oct 2009
Posted By:Robert Pozen, Author, Too Big to Save?Bullish on Books Blog
'Over the last year, the federal government has injected over $200 billion into approximately 600 financial institutions, and guaranteed over $300 billion of their troubled assets... Read More
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