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Andrew Bailey is seen as a ‘safe pair of hands’ as the new governor of the Bank of England. But while he is a veteran of the bank, his views on monetary policy are not well known, as he has never served on the Monetary Policy Committee. In that respect, though a career central banker, he resembles Christine Lagarde, who has taken the helm at the European Central Bank. -
The European Commission is talking with Italy about its proposed rescue of the troubled lender Banca Popolare di Bari, after the country passed a decree law this week spelling out plans for state intervention.
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NatWest Markets is searching for a new chief executive and chief financial officer, after Chris Marks and Richard Place stepped down from those roles.
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European Union member states are finding more and more ways to prop up failing financial institutions with public money. The longer it goes on, the harder it is going to become for authorities to crack down on a culture of bailouts.
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Italy and the EU provoked indignation this week, when Italy approved the use of public money to rescue Banca Popolare di Bari, a small regional lender faltering under the weight of bad loans. The decision looks likely to join a long list of cases when European Union rules designed to prevent government bank bail-outs have proved toothless, prompting market participants to think the EU has capitulated.
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Southpaw takes a sideways look at some of the big events that defined investment banking in 2019.
