At the Brussels EU summit at the end of June David Cameron agreed to President Hollande’s €130bn “growth” plan for the EU (this, in reality, is...
Ted Rees, partner at Crossbridge, looks at the challenges still facing banks surrounding Basel III. Banks are faced with sizable challenges in achieving the Basel III...
While the HM Treasury White Paper on Banking Reform has softened the blow on the UK’s banks in some respects, it still bases itself on a...
The introduction of ring-fencing proposed by the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) means that all UK Universal Banks will need to develop their target business model...
Prevailing economic conditions mean that it’s more important than ever for banks and other financial institutions to maximise their margins and get more out of their...
The new regulatory regime of Basel III goes live on 1 January 2013, for both reporting and the new minimum capital requirements. Indeed from as early...
Improving banking efficacy depends on the order in which the different business banking processes are streamlined. Notwithstanding the introduction of policies for reduced costs in the...
In a speech delivered in Edinburgh on 23 March 2012, Michael Cohrs – a Member of the Bank’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) and a Non Executive...
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5%. The Committee also voted...
By Matt Shaw, Associate Partner – Crossbridge, the financial markets consultancy A bitter pill to swallow In 2012 many investment banks find themselves in a situation...
Standard Bank South Africa has significantly reduced prices across personal current accounts. “Standard Bank is passing significant cost savings back to customers by reducing prices by...