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LexUK companies
The UK’s subprime credit sector looks increasingly uninvestable Premium content
...One of the few left, Vanquis — formerly Provident Financial — has tried to clean up its reputation and become a regular bank funded by its depositors....
March 11, 2024
UK economy
Are the Bank of England’s external rate-setters pointless?
...Well, the Bank of England did exactly what everyone roughly expected it to do....
May 9, 2024
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
Banking & Savings
Latest National Savings & Investments rates
...Are you getting the best deal on your savings? Check the latest interest rates on National Savings & Investments accounts. See our coverage of the latest savings and investment issues....
May 10, 2024
LexUK banks
Why motor finance could be banking’s next PPI car crash Premium content
...The truth is that the impact of regulatory crackdowns — including compensation claims that drove high-cost lenders like Provident Financial and Amigo out of the business — tends to be bigger than initially...
February 15, 2024
FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
It’s central bank week!
...Central banks take centre stage this week, Benjamin Netanyahu defies western allies over his strategy in Gaza, and the US National Labor Relations Board is facing challenges from some major companies....
March 18, 2024
Letter
Letter: Four steps to unlock UK social capital potential
...SimmsCEO, P3 Charity Matt SmithCEO, Key Fund Adam SwerskyCEO, Social Finance Nick TempleCEO, Social Investment Business Peter UdaleChair, Responsible Finance Danielle Walker-PalmourDirector, Friends Provident...
April 5, 2024
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
FT News Briefing podcast13 min listen
Swamp Notes: The Fed’s political pressures
...The FT’s US national editor, Edward Luce, and acting US economics editor, Claire Jones, join this week’s Swamp Notes to explain how the central bank’s policy could affect the economy and therefore have an...
May 11, 2024
Banks
The hedge fund-bank nexus
...The Bank for International Settlement’s latest Quarterly Review is out, and it includes an interesting little aside on prime brokerages, the corner of investment banks that service hedge fund clients....
March 7, 2024
Letter
Letter: Why the sure-footed Swiss central bank has cut rates
...Consequently, the European Central Bank and other central banks should also delay cutting interest rates....
April 30, 2024
Markets InsightToby Nangle
What should the Bank of Japan do with its huge stock portfolio?
...The bank has yet to announce what it will do with its half-a-trillion-dollar stock portfolio....
May 7, 2024
European Central Bank
Riksbank rate cut foreshadows June ECB meeting Premium content
...While we would not suggest the ECB will follow the Riksbank, the two central banks are looking at similar data and can be expected to come to similar conclusions....
May 8, 2024
FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
The murky moves behind the yen
...Apple’s revenue fell 4 per cent in the first three months of 2024, Japan apparently intervened several times this week to support the yen, and US regulators have accused the former boss of the largest US...
May 3, 2024
Markets
How divided is the Bank of England’s policy committee?
...That prompted some economists to argue that the central bank’s strategy was not working....
May 5, 2024
Letter
Letter: World Bank has a role in changing the aid narrative on Africa
...It is time the narrative is changed and World Bank leadership must show the way....
May 10, 2024
News updates from April 15: US retail sales rise more than expected; Yen falls below ¥154 per dollar
The week ahead: The World Bank and IMF start spring meetings
...Hello and welcome to the working week. It’s set to be an exciting few days for economists. The IMF and the World Bank kick off their joint spring meeting on Monday in Washington....
April 14, 2024
FT Live
Future of the Car 2025
The leading gathering for the automotive industry
Tuesday, 13 May 2025Sancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
UK economy
Bracing for the Bank of England’s forecasting review
...Meanwhile, the Bank of England MPC consists of nine policy makers and a common staff....
April 5, 2024
On Wall StreetWilliam Cohan
The bank argument on the Basel III endgame is bunk
...And the banks are fighting hard....
March 23, 2024
Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast24 min listen
Life as a chef in the West Bank right now
...Chef Fadi Kattan does something that usually isn’t done in the West Bank of Palestine: he cooks seasonal, locally sourced dishes for a dining experience meant to rival the world’s best restaurants....
May 6, 2024
The Week Ahead
Spring is in the air
...He replaces Sir Howard Davies who steps down at the end of his term just as the bank undertakes an ambitious reorganisation US: IMF and World Bank start their spring meeting Results: Charles Schwab Q1,...
April 14, 2024
Due Diligence
The investment bank being dubbed ‘Goldman North’ Premium content
...Job moves Deutsche Bank’s head of corporate and investment banking for the Americas James Davies is leaving the group....
March 13, 2024
News in-depthBank of England
Ben Bernanke’s brutal verdict on the Bank of England
..., a former staffer at the central bank who is now research director at the Resolution Foundation think- tank....
April 12, 2024
Banks
The $1tn ‘hold-to-maturity’ sleight-of-accounting
...Instead of hedging the market value risk of bank asset declines, banks used accounting reclassification to diminish the impact of interest rate increases on book capital....
April 3, 2024
Global Economy
When will the Bank of Japan next raise interest rates?
...The Bank of Japan is likely to hold off from raising interest rates next week but investors expect the central bank to outline its response to rising inflationary pressures caused by the yen’s decline....
April 21, 2024
The FT ViewThe editorial board
The Bernanke review is only a starting point
...Few central banks have emerged from the past three years of inflation fighting with the same credibility they had before. The Bank of England has had a particularly hard time....
April 12, 2024
The FT ViewThe editorial board
The Bank of Japan’s tricky path to normalisation
...But on Tuesday, after eight years in the negative, the Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda pulled it off in smooth style....
March 20, 2024

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