End of year rush sees value of FCA fines increase fourfold to £618m. highest level in six years December 23, 2021 An end of year surge in fines has seen the value of FCA fines increase fourfold to £618m this year, up from £156m last year, the highest value of fines in six years, according to new data shared with Morning Wire this morning. The increase in fines in 2021 was dominated by four blockbuster fines [...]
Credit Suisse sacks staff with links to Greensill funds after review into collapse December 22, 2021 Credit Suisse has fired staff and imposed “severe” financial penalties on various individuals, as the bank investigates the failings that led to the collapse of its Greensill-linked supply chain finance funds. The Swiss banking giant commissioned the investigation after its asset management division had to suspend a $10bn range of supply chain finance funds that [...]
Exclusive: ‘No quick fixes’ in 2022 as Deutsche Bank’s global investment chief discusses inflation and central banks December 22, 2021 Inflation and central banks will be in focus next year. In fact, 2022 should be the year where central bank policy really starts to change gear, with other central banks to follow the Fed’s line on tightening, according to Christian Nolting, Global Chief Investment Officer at Deutsche Bank. “But there will be plenty of other regime [...]
Christmas in Canary Wharf: UK’s largest banks face £8.5bn HMRC bill with £35.8bn of tax under consideration December 22, 2021 Large banks face a potential £8.5bn tax liability from the UK tax authority, according to new figures obtained by Freedom of Information (FOI). The FOI to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), carried out by City law firm DLA Piper, showed that, at the end of March 2021, additional tax liability under investigation had increased by [...]
Brexit shift: UK short exposure in Europe declines by a third this year to lowest in five years while France and Italy take over December 22, 2021 The UK’s relative short exposure compared to the rest of Europe has steadily declined by a third to the end of November, its lowest level in over five years. Meanwhile, France and Italy are gaining ground, according to new data shared with Morning Wire this morning. The change marks a dramatic shift in the short [...]
Created adult content giant OnlyFans from his brother’s kitchen: Tim Stokely steps down as CEO to find ‘my next challenge’ December 22, 2021 The man behind the successful adult content platform OnlyFans has said he is leaving the hugely popular website as he is seeking a new challenge. Created in 2016 by Tim Stokely, the subscription content platform allows users to earn money from subscribers on a monthly basis and is popular with sex workers. The service experienced [...]
City fine: Bank of England tells Metro Bank to pay millions for reporting and governance failures that went on for years December 22, 2021 Metro Bank was told this morning by the Bank of England to pay close to £5.4m for failures with regards to the quality of its reporting and governance. The central bank’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) watchdog confirmed it imposed the penalty on the challenger bank over failings between May 2016 and January 2019. On January [...]
ING quits French retail banking market in strategic overhaul December 21, 2021 Dutch financial services company ING today announced it is ditching its French retail banking business, in a move that could jeopardise the jobs of its 460 employees, who were also informed of the move today. “A social plan concerning our 460 employees affected has been agreed on with local unions,” the group said in a [...]
Canada Group’s SME bank receives over £1bn in lending proposals December 21, 2021 Canada Group’s SME bank has already received more than £1bn worth of lending proposals, as the capital calls for more pandemic support. It comes a year after Recognise Bank launched operations, the Group said today in its unaudited interim results for the six months to September 30. The bank, which because fully [...]
UK hits highest borrowing to GDP ratio since the 60s December 21, 2021 The UK borrowed a further £17.4bn in November, bringing the overall borrowing to GDP ratio to levels not seen since the 1960s. Net debt now sits at 2,317bn, around 96.1 per cent of GDP. While it is around £5bn less than November last year, the figure is also the second-highest November borrowing on record, the [...]