Hints and tips:
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...While the big glitzy names (Barclays, Deutsche Bank et al) dominate the second list organised by assets, it is the more plain vanilla commercial and retail banks (Santander, Lloyds, BBVA) at the top of the...
...As you were, Yellen, Monti et al, no irrational exuberance to see here....
...For a bank with a supposed £12.8bn hole in its balance sheet, that’s a result. CS et al pick up just under £100m for their services (initial underwriting commission set at 1.7 per cent)....
...Gallo et al expect the run-offs approach to continue overall, although larger banks will use other tactics: Large banks will likely use a combination capital raising and asset reduction to delever: we assume...
...Bank of the Republic of China v Grenada....
...That figure pales against the total value of the US housing market – $23.7tn at the end of 2012, according to Zillow – but it could grow exponentially if Blackstone et al are able to get their hands on cheap...
...But there’s a less emotional requirement here to at least take a stab at the likely financial damage to Barclays et al as regulatory fines are followed by action in the courts....
...- Why the Acme Brick Company et al are Berkshire’s secret weapons....
...- Five hits from Scott Sumner, on the eurozone, FOMC, et al....
...Whatever Mr Cameron et al might think, restraint is not a word in most bankers’ vocabularies. Patrick Jenkins is the FT’s Banking Editor Patrick.Jenkins@ft.com...
...A stock price is just a number too, but it bears a relationship to the cash the company generates, the earnings per share, et. al....
...Lloyds et al. are simply trading below tangible net asset value at the moment: We don’t see TNAV as a floor for share prices but we are comfortable on the ability of the balance sheet to withstand further...
...Messrs Cable, Darling et al say they don’t care! They should. Moving key staff (100 or so) plus capital is relatively inexpensive....
...“The bonus brigade is back in town – demand from Goldman Sachs traders et al for £1m-plus mortgages is on the rise,” reports Gary Festa, a mortgage specialist....
...And much sooner than expected – Barclays’ €3bn issue of 2011 paper: Issuer: Barclays Bank PLC Guarantee: From the Commisioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, as set out in the...
...After spending billions of dollars at the wrong price for shares in Merrill Lynch, Barclays et al, Singapore’s state-backed investment body Temasek says it still “sees value” in banking stocks in the US...
...The rest – Peloton, Fannie, Freddie et al – is, for want of a better term, collateral damage....
...Unlike the business of actually making things — which moved to China et al years ago, flattening global economics — the world of high finance, we were told, remained notably curvaceous....
...And this time it’s RBS et al on the back foot – or at least in something of a corner....
...The responses from 55 institutions suggest that Barclays would need to up its offer to at least €40 a share to have a chance of getting approval from the ABN shareholders – assuming RBS et al stick where...
...RBS et al have not been in best spirits this week, seething at ABN and Barclays’ attempt to scupper their rival play by agreeing a $21bn pre-merger deal on LaSalle....
...And this time it’s RBS et al on the back foot....
...Back to cov-lite loans – though we really need Goldman et al here to answer some of these questions. There is, claims one of the panel, some confusion about cov-lites....
...Short and bitter…and echoing precisely the sentiments of RBS et al as they cancelled their meeting earlier with Mr Groenink....
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