Morgan Stanley banker drops out of RBS finance chief race November 15, 2018 Morgan Stanley investment banker William Chalmers has pulled out of the race to take the chief financial officer job at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Chalmers had been in the running to replace Ewen Stevenson as the bank’s CFO, but has now withdrawn from the race, it is understood. Sky News reported Chalmers had come [...]
Investec profits rise as banking giant prepares to list asset management arm in London November 15, 2018 Banking giant Investec reported a 14 per cent profit rise in the first half of the year as it prepared for the demerger of its asset management division. The Anglo-South African banking giant reported operating profit increased 14.2 per cent to £359m led by strong profits in its banking division. Investec said specialist banking profits [...]
Banks and housebuilders fall sharply as Raab resigns over Brexit deal November 15, 2018 The UK's major banks and housebuilders have suffered this morning in the wake of a number of resignations following Theresa May's draft Brexit deal. Shares in Barratt Developments and Persimmon, both down more than seven per cent, were the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 in the aftermath of the cabinet's approval of the draft [...]
Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli deported from the UK as Home Office officials force him onto flight at Heathrow November 14, 2018 Former UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli has been deported from the UK after Home Office officials forced him onto a flight at Heathrow Airport. The 38-year-old, who left Ghana at the age of four and has lived in the UK for 26 years, boarded a Kenya Airways flight to Nairobi, his legal team said. Adoboli was convicted [...]
Deutsche Bank to revise cost-cutting target, says finance chief James von Moltke November 14, 2018 Deutsche Bank has sped up its cost-cutting plan, chief financial officer James von Moltke revealed today. Previously, the bank said it is aiming to lower expenses to €21bn (£18.31bn) by 2021, however von Moltke said today that costs may need to be “substantially lower.” “We need to do better than that," von Moltke said at a conference [...]
Lloyds pays out to whistleblower who alleged HBOS cover-up November 14, 2018 Lloyds Banking Group has apologised and paid an undisclosed amount in compensation to a whistleblower who produced an internal report that criticised the lender’s handling of a large-scale fraud. The bank previously settled with Sally Masterton, a former senior risk officer at HBOS, over claims she had been unfairly dismissed. Masterton “acted with integrity and [...]
RBS names new deputy chief executive in charge of ring-fenced bank November 14, 2018 The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) today appointed a new deputy chief executive to take over ring-fenced bank Natwest Holdings. Alison Rose, who serves as the chief executive of commercial and private banking, will take on the new role from the beginning of December. She will continue in her current job while also deputising for [...]
Transferwise repackages its business banking with a debit card November 14, 2018 Fintech unicorn Transferwise is today relaunching its business banking effort to include a debit card, integration with accounting platform Xero and an open access developer channel. The newly-revised business product will provide a Transferwise Business debit card for spending both online and in-store in 45 currencies, in addition to its previous offering of local bank details [...]
JP Morgan makes senior hire from Deutsche Bank November 13, 2018 JP Morgan has hired a senior banker from Deutsche Bank amid the German lender’s restructuring of its investment bank. Claire Brooksby has joined JP Morgan’s UK financial institutions coverage team in London as a managing director. She spent eight years at Deutsche, most recently leading the bank’s financial institutions group in the UK. Prior to [...]
Big three eurozone investment banks Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale and BNP Paribas face €11bn threshold after EU stress test November 13, 2018 Top European investment banks would have to raise €11bn (£9.57bn) to meet the informal threshold implemented by the central bank following a stress test. Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale and BNP Paribas would need to raise the funds, according to Reuters calculations, after the European Central Bank (ECB) said eurozone banks with capital worth less than nine [...]