BANKS 6:33pm

UK banks face threat of forced break-up

Commission considers isolating retail arms

From LEX 5:25pm

Silver Bay – yield promise

A new type of venture, as the company admits

BANKS 2:00pm

Bank of Ireland irked over state guarantee

Covenant for large deposits is extended

BANKS 1:22pm

Morgan Stanley bets big on banking

Company hoping for steadier revenues

From MARKETS 3:09am

As profits fall analysts see a faulty business model

FINANCIAL SERVICES Dec 15, 2012

Target groups find ways to fight short sellers

Many Chinese groups have found that straight lawsuits founder

From WORLD Dec 15, 2012

Fed outlines rules for foreign banks in US

Proposal reverses more than a decade of policy

From COMPANIES BY REGION Dec 14, 2012

Lloyds hires FSA general counsel

Hiring comes days after Barclays gave a role to former FSA chief

The Top Line Dec 14, 2012

Breaking up has rarely been so rewarding

One way for groups to release value is to demerge

FINANCIAL SERVICES Dec 14, 2012

BC Partners’ top dealmaker to quit

Newington departs having advocated ‘new direction’

BANKS Dec 14, 2012

UBS staff face Libor probe in UK

FSA sends at least five notifications in the past week

From PERSONAL FINANCE Dec 14, 2012

Top tips for £2m property owners and buyers

Tips for owners and purchasers of high-value homes

From PERSONAL FINANCE Dec 14, 2012

Offshore pension sharks circle wealthy

Wealthy UK investors are being advised to export their pensions

PROPERTY Dec 14, 2012

Generation rent

Census data shows home ownership falling

From PERSONAL FINANCE Dec 14, 2012

Tinker with pension tax rates at your peril

Should Isas and pensions be merged? Absolutely not, says Tom McPhail

FINANCIAL SERVICES Dec 14, 2012

China investors grow angry at mud-slinging

Muddy Waters attacks groups with varying success

Undercover Economist from COMMENT Dec 14, 2012

Going, going, wrong: JPMorgan’s auction

One of those clever manoeuvres so beloved of banks has started to unravel

BANKS Dec 14, 2012

Former HBOS executive lambasts FSA

Cummings says parts of regulator’s approach were ‘appalling’

BANKS Dec 14, 2012

Deutsche Bank liable in Kirch case

Fresh legal setback for flagship German lender

From WORLD Dec 14, 2012

Royal Mail names 3 banks as advisers

Postal service prepares for float, confirming Barclays and two others

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