BrainCan - financial sector

how the banks ignored the lessons of the crash |...

Joris Luyendijk spent two years talking to hundreds of City insiders. They revealed how close we...

greek crisis tsipras faces fight over bailout as...

Analysts believe Alexis Tsipras could lose power amid the backlash over the deep economic...

steel closures and reforging our economy | letters

For years governments of every political stripe have ignored the deindustrialisation of the UK and...

staley might be right: uk immigration policy could...

The ability to hire skilled staff from abroad must be protected,Barclays boss suggests, and the next...

i have a conscience: the wall streeters fighting...

The financial industry looms large in the coming primary – and some bankers say theyll push for...

will london survive as a financial centre after...

EU rivals including Paris and Frankfurt are circling in the hope they can claw back commerce from...

required reading to tackle excesses of the...

Well done to George Monbiot for his blistering attack on the excesses of the financial world...

british progressives and the european union should...

Owen Jones,George Monbiot and other usually thoughtful commentators on the left are making a...

the guardian on the greek negotiations out in the...

Whatever happens next,the Greek crisis has strained Europe to its limitsThe Greek crisis began like...

greeks resigned to a hard bitter future whatever...

Shops and cafes are nearly abandoned and small firms are shedding jobs. Now trade owners terror...

are cheap car loans the vehicle taking us to the...

Borrowing to buy a vehicle using personal contract plans has become easy,fast and free from...

london will remain europe s financial capital...

Never mind Lloyds,City will remain streets ahead of its European competitors even whether hundreds...

no global economic crisis yet, but the ingredients...

The days when one country’s economic woes could be insulated from the wider world have long gone....

live online: the all new hbos inquest show

The Treasury committee of MPs will be on camera in all their glory this week as they scrutinise a...

Bank of England: new MPC member faces scrutiny...

Select committee will put a question to Gertjan Vlieghe to prove independence from the Brevan Howard...

banks olive branch increases chance of brexit deal...

Bank of England casts itself as model of reasonableness in allowing EU banks to continue operating...

greed is no longer good - bond boom comes to an...

Profits at Goldman Sachs descend 40% with other investment banks badly hit as unruffled returns to...

citys mansion house dinner cancelled after...

City of London Corporation cancels annual black-tie event after chancellor Philip Hammond pulls out...

major uk banks sign charter pledging to tackle...

HSBC,Barclays, RBS and Lloyds among financial companies vowing to increase efforts to come by more...

europe should back debt crisis principles at the...

On 10 September,the United Nations general assembly will vote on nine principles concerning the...

two cheers for the dodd frank act but wall street...

It’s five years since the landmark financial regulation was passed in response to the 2008 crisis...

athens to vote as imf warns greece needs extra...

Fund’s leaked debt sustainability report shows that Greece’s public debt is likely to peak at...

eurozone crisis which countries are for or against...

With an emergency voting procedure potentially coming into play as eurozone splits widen,how execute...

asset manager blackrock threatens to sell shares...

World’s biggest investor vows to support net zero carbon pledge amid pressure to divest from...

whiz kids at work on consumer credit are too...

The physics graduates who brought the financial world to its knees in 2008 possess been busy again...

imf homes on the eurozones weakest link: italy

Bad loans in Italy account for more than a third of the €900bn total of non-performing loans on...

financial sector confidence about uk economy drops...

Optimism among companies has fallen at fastest rate since 2011,reflecting fears of global slowdown...

jim slater obituary

Financier who built a reputation for ruthless asset stripping as head of investment group Slater...

greek centre right neck and neck with syriza as...

Gamble by Alexis Tsipras backfires as New Democracy draws level with ruling leftists,raising fears...

greece secures third bailout after germany backs...

Jean-Claude Juncker claims Greece will ‘irreversibly remain fragment of the eurozone,after vote by...

osborne resists use of uk backed eu fund for greek...

UK chancellor says Britain paying towards bailout help is ‘non-starter’ but European commission...

dont want to work until you are 70? you will have...

World Economic Forum says looming fourfold rise in over-65s by 2050 is financial equivalent of...

brexit, ppi and high cost credit are top...

FCA urges financial firms to plot for UK’s EU exit,and says it will also focus on protecting...

wolf of wall street producers to pay $60m to us...

Red Granite Pictures has been implicated in a scandal involving the Malaysian prime ministerThe...

leading city firms begin to lay groundwork for...

Lloyd’s of London and Royal London set up subsidiaries external of UK as JP Morgan and Citigroup...

bank of england and fca039s report on failure of...

Draft report on collapse of bank later rescued by Lloyds TSB during 2008 credit crunch must be...

european bank for reconstruction and development s...

Your article of 3 July (Lidl has received almost $1bn in public development funding) did not give an...

imf warns of fresh financial crisis

Urgent action to sort out eurozone banks called for in financial stability report warning market...

virgin chief on the money for battle over gender...

Virgin Money boss Jayne-Anne Gadhia wants more women to rise to the top in finance and made...

greece debt crisis new ecb cash lifeline could...

Mario Draghi reveals additional €900m in emergency funding and adds backing for debt writeoffs as...

greek crisis surrender fiscal sovereignty in...

German and French leaders press Greek leader for guarantees over austerity measures in what an EU...

brexit unlikely to mean loss of citys role in...

London likely to remain home of £460tn-a-year trade,according to analysis by ratings agency S&POne...

new sfo challenge looms amid bid to extradite...

Court in London to memorize if Serious Fraud Office will seek to extradite four Germans and a...

final decision on financial transaction tax...

Ten eurozone countries reach deal on some aspects of much-delayed EU tax opposed by George...

uk auditors sound public sector debt warning

Watchdog raises fears of £200m shortfall,saying ministers fill failed to control government...

windfall for tourists as pound hits new high...

Talk of interest rate rise fuels seven-year tall against euro but makes life tougher for UK...

frankfurt steps up efforts to lure €1tn a day...

Deutsche Börse seeks to capitalise on fears over London’s post-Brexit position by launching...

pricewaterhousecoopers pays €37m to save spanish...

Four former executives faced lengthy sentences over the allegedly fraudulent sale of systems...

uk fraud prosecutors obtain arrest warrants for...

SFO obtains European arrest warrants for four Germans and a Frenchman who failed to seem to face...

market turmoil: what are cocos?

Contingent convertible bonds allow banks to skip interest payments without defaulting,and can be...

credit suisse posts first loss since 2008

Chief executive Tidjane Thiam under pressure after results send shares tumbling to lowest level...

ecb launches new stimulus package to boost...

Bank chief Mario Draghi bolsters QE package and further raises cost of parking money at central bank...

eu bank could demand loans back from vw

European Investment Bank to see whether VW used loans to cheat emissions tests for diesel...

Bank lending to business forecast to rise in 2015

Annual investment could rise by 0.25% over the year despite a dip in June – the first annual...

fears grow of repeat of 2008 financial crash as...

As leaders gathered in Davos,FTSE 100 was gripped by panic selling and entered bear market with Dow...

why are hedge funds supporting brexit?

Two billionaire ‘hedgies’,Crispin Odey and Michael Hintze, hold backed the out campaigns in EU...

london still worlds top financial centre despite...

Frankfurt and Dublin move up index as unusual York falls amid uncertainty over Donald Trump’s...

former barclays chief bob diamond to buy panmure...

Executive stages City comeback by linking up with Qatari investment bank to acquire venerable...

hard brexit threatens global financial system,...

Finance chiefs demand clarity on EU exit strategy as MPs hear concerns for tens of thousands of jobs...

michael spencer to net £670m from takeover of nex...

Former Tory treasurer agrees £3.9bn deal with world’s largest futures exchangeThe world’s...

giant us fund manager to shake up uk investment...

Vanguard pledges cheapest way to buy funds and investment ISAs with fees slashed to half of rivals...

australia moves to allow stock exchange operators...

Treasurer announces new arrangements to finish Australian Securities Exchange monopoly whether...

jobs galore in london s square mile … but not if...

Problems ahead as City fails to provide work opportunities for the capital’s young...

comparethemarket.com considers testing the meerkat...

BGL Group,parent of the famous price comparison website, confirms it has appointed advisers for a...

shareholders receive too much money from business...

Andy Haldane criticises firms for not prioritising profits,with money going to dividends instead of...

trouble brews on eu doorstep over german plan to...

Greece’s two biggest creditors are divided on whether to expel it from the eurozone, with France...

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