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Barclays’ corporate and investment bank performed strongly relative to peers in the last quarter of 2018, helping management make the case for a strong CIB franchise against investor Edward Bramson, who wants it to downscale this part of the group. Although analysts reckon the argument will continue, Aviva Investors announced it would be siding against the activist, after the results were released on Thursday. -
UBS is appealing a decision in France that would see it pay €4.5bn after being found guilty of helping clients defraud the tax authorities. The total amount topped market expectations, dwarfed the bank’s provisions for litigation, and gobbled up its 2018 net profits and then some.
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Tylor Hartwell is starting at National Australia Bank, after leaving Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation earlier this year.
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The UK banking sector has more links to China than the equivalent sectors in the US, Japan, the euro area and South Korea do combined. Analysts are warning that China's growth is slowing, and HSBC’s poor results have been linked to this. But those espousing that view are overstating the connection.
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As investors and service providers pour into the market for Greek non-performing loans, authorities in the country have proposed two schemes to help the country's banks meet their ambitious targets for selling off these assets and cleaning up their balance sheets. Only one of them deserves serious consideration.
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HSBC’s global banking and markets business increased its use of reserve repo and customer deposits for funding in 2018. But it endured a tough fourth quarter, with inflows from credit in its fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) division sinking by 49.7%.
