Bank of England’s regulatory tweaks to be norm says Haldane August 5, 2014 THE WORLD faces more business cycles in financial services, not fewer, meaning the Bank of England could have to become more involved in the market, its new chief economist Andy Haldane warned yesterday. As banks have shrunk, much of their work has moved to pension funds, insurers and mutual funds, which Haldane believes may mean more and [...]
Bank of England’s Spencer Dale heads to BP after 25-year stint August 4, 2014 The Bank of England announced yesterday that Spencer Dale, the Bank’s financial stability chief and former chief economist, will step down from the central bank after a quarter of a century to become chief economist at oil giant BP. Dale, who has worked at the Bank in a variety of roles since finishing university in [...]
Payback time but Bank of England’s bonus clawbacks are rife with pitfalls July 30, 2014 Quite literally, yesterday it was payback time for Britain’s banking industry. Regulators’ demands that lenders must force staff to hand back bonuses awarded as long as seven years earlier delivers a belated sense of justice for those clamouring for more robust post-crisis retribution. The Bank of England’s timing could hardly have been better, coming [...]
Bank of England’s bonus clawback plan could hit misbehaving bankers seven years after payment July 30, 2014 Bankers who break the rules may have to hand back their bonuses even seven years after an indiscretion, under new plans revealed by the Bank of England. Not only could the unruly face having their bonuses re-appropriated, but the prospect of jail lies in wait too and having spent the money will not affect the [...]
Lloyds ripped off Bank of England by fiddling Libor rates July 28, 2014 Lloyds was hit by £226m in fines and settlements yesterday as the bank admitted its staff fiddled Libor and the influential repurchase agreements rate benchmark in the years before the financial crisis. Of that, £7.75m is going to the Bank of England as compensation for fees it dodged in the crash by manipulating the repo [...]
Bank of England’s new contracts set to end bailouts for giant banks July 24, 2014 Investors in banks will have explicitly to recognise that they could be bailed in to prop up failing lenders, under new rules published by the Bank of England yesterday. The new contracts are part of a series of sweeping changes being introduced in a bid to make sure investors pay up when a bank goes [...]
Mixed messages on interest rates from Bank of England prompt criticism July 23, 2014 City economists clashed with Mark Carney yesterday, challenging the Bank of England governor’s insistence that “clear guidance” is being provided on when interest rates will finally begin to rise. The latest monetary policy committee (MPC) minutes yesterday showed another unanimous decision to hold bank rate at 0.5 per cent, even as Carney told a Glasgow [...]
New directors join Bank of England court from Experian, TalkTalk and Drax July 21, 2014 Three business heavyweights were yesterday hired as non-executive directors on the court of the Bank of England, the Treasury has announced. Controversial Experian chairman Don Roberts has been given one of the positions. He faced a shareholder rebellion earlier this month, as a series of investors objected to his move from chief executive to chairman of the credit data [...]
Bank of England hits out at BIS report warning over low interest rates July 16, 2014 Recent international warnings on low interest rates from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) were criticised yesterday by UK policymakers, who suggested the central bank hub was operating in a bubble secluded from political reality. Bank of England governor Mark Carney said that the report had been written in “the vacuum of Basel”, [...]
Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold: Why this could be last meeting without dissent July 10, 2014 The Bank of England's interest-rate setting committee is twiddling its thumbs again this month, voting to keep policy on hold. Interest rates remain unchanged at their historic 0.5 per cent lows, and there's no change to asset purchases either. Central bank watchers weren't expecting much this month, despite a small shakeup to the committee that [...]