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Japan warned on governanceThe country must improve its standards of corporate governance to halt sliding investor confidence, a group of the world's most influential institutional investors will warn this week |
Capital market deals raise $20bnBanks and companies raised $20bn on the world's equity capital markets last week in a sign of growing confidence among investors that the worst of the financial crisis may be over |
SocGen braced for inquiry resultsFrance's second-biggest bank is set to be severely criticised in an independent report into the €50bn ($77bn) rogue trading scandal |
Central bankers help drive bond rallyCentral bank interventions helped drive a sharp rally in bonds backed by good-quality mortgages although conditions are not strong enough to boost new mortgage lending |
M Stanley fund to tap Asian growthBank to unveil $4bn private equity fund dedicated to infrastructure projects – the latest move by a fund manager into countries that have not been affected by the financial crisis |
AIG chief faces mounting pressureIn the wake of a $7.8bn first-quarter loss, the pressure is rising for Martin Sullivan to step aside and for a successor to consider breaking the company up |
Icelandic banks come in from coldThe publication of first-quarter results for the three leading Icelandic banks suggests that the country's banking storm of 2008 may finally be blowing itself out |
Cultural swing suits Close BrosWith credit hard to obtain elsewhere, customers are returning to Close Brothers' specialty lending division and its corporate finance division expects its loan book to swell |
Fund banks on property downturnA fund is to be launched that will look to exploit the downturn in the housing market by buying cheap homes and residential developments in London |
CMB in Wing Lung bidChina Merchants Bank takes on bigger rivals for 53% stake in the mid-sized lender Hong Kong lender in a bid to raise its profile in the city |
Little time to talk about RockNichola Pease is reticent about her role at the failed bank as she faces new challenges at the asset manager she runs |
Call option scheme for Japan investorsRampart Investment Management is launching an options programme aimed at wealthy individuals in Japan |
Pandit takes Citi into new territoryBank's chief executive sets out his plans to shed $500bn of non-core assets in a bid to stem the company's decline and help it recover after the credit crunch |
Bank to tighten Sharia complianceConcerns raised by the Muslim community have led the Islamic Bank of Britain to offer the only mortgage plan with funding that wholly follows their strict religious beliefs |
EA secures loan for Take-Two bidElectronic Arts yesterday showed it was still eager to buy rival video game publisher Take-Two, revealing it had secured a $1bn loan facility to aid its $2bn takeover... |