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RBS investment arm to be shrunk

IFAonline | 20 Dec 2011 | 08:05

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is set to undergo a major scaling-down of its investment banking arm.

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Bad bankers should be 'struck off': Miliband

Bankers who take unacceptable risks or mis-sell products to customers should be barred, Labour leader Ed Miliband said.

IFAonline | 12 Sep 2011 | 07:20
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UK banks face US lawsuit over toxic mortgage debt

RBS, HSBC and Barclays ignored warnings from third party advisers before selling on billions of dollars of toxic mortgage debt to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the lead-up to the financial crisis, court papers have alleged.

IFAonline | 05 Sep 2011 | 07:15

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Which book would you recommend clients read?

IFAonline asked three advisers which book, if any, they would recommend as a starting point for clients interested in the world of finance.

IFAonline | 18 Jul 2011 | 14:00
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JP Morgan to cough up £143m to settle rigging claims

JP Morgan Chase is to pay $228m (£143m) to settle claims it rigged transactions of municipal bonds.

IFAonline | 08 Jul 2011 | 09:56
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EU banks hit with harsher stress tests

Europe's biggest banks must fully disclose their exposure to sovereign debts, as part of a new round of stricter stress tests.

IFAonline | 18 Mar 2011 | 10:00
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Ten things we've learned this week

Banks eh? You either hate 'em or you hate 'em. It's our weekly round-up of things we've learned this week...

IFAonline | 25 Feb 2011 | 08:50
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Lloyds to axe another 200 jobs

Banking giant Lloyds is to axe a further 200 jobs across Britain and Ireland.

IFAonline | 08 Feb 2011 | 17:00
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Bank break-up a “mistake”: CBI chief

The new head of the CBI says it would be a “mistake” to break up the UK’s banks.

IFAonline | 04 Feb 2011 | 14:00
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Fraudster used fake CV to nab bank CEO job

A conman who posed as an Oxford and Harvard graduate to win a job as the deputy CEO of Ahli United Bank has been given a 50-week prison sentence.

IFAonline | 01 Feb 2011 | 08:25
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Big banks to unveil £24bn profits

Four of the UK's biggest banks are set to unveil profits of more than £24bn in what will be taken as the clearest sign to date the banking sector is back on track after the global financial crisis.

IFAonline | 31 Jan 2011 | 08:27
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IFAs beat banks on consumer trust

Financial advisers are the most trusted figures in financial services, particularly in the wake of the banking crisis, research suggests.

IFAonline | 27 Jan 2011 | 14:15
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Top banks to rake in £1bn a week in 2011

Britain's biggest banks are set to pocket around £1bn in profits every single week this year, according to City estimates.

IFAonline | 04 Jan 2011 | 08:00

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