Tough requirements imposed on the bonds banks can count towards their regulatory capital to kill off a funding technique deemed crucial to the need for taxpayer bail-outs View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
3 new investing rules to live by
Risk is on the rise, and investors need new strategies and an activist attitude if they hope to stay in the market without getting burned. But help is available. View full post on MSN Money Latest Articles
5 rules for the wild year ahead
Amid the market’s ups and downs, keep your eye on the long-term trend moving stocks upward. And should that trend break, prepare to run for cover. View full post on MSN Money Latest Articles
Irish PM rules out snap election
The political backlash against Ireland’s coalition government intensified after it agreed to a package of measures to rescue the country’s ravaged economy and heavily indebted banking system View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Osborne to water down bank bonus rules
Chancellor set to water down plans to force banks to disclose payments above £1m, in a move that will delight the City and anger the business secretary View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Judge rules on Hands damages in EMI case
Guy Hands would get no more than a quarter of the $8bn damages he initially sought were he to win his landmark case against Citigroup over the Terra Firma buy-out boss’s 2007 acquisition of EMI View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
UK Takeover Panel tightens rules on ‘virtual’ bids
British companies will have better protection against so-called virtual bids under changes proposed by the Takeover Panel, which comes in the wake of the political furore over Kraft Foods’ takeover of Cadbury View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
Takeover Panel tightens rules on ‘virtual’ bids
The UK M&A regulator has concluded that hostile bidders have been able to gain ‘tactical advantage’ over targets and that takeover rules should redress the balance View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
ECB tightens rules for liquidity injections
The European Central Bank is to beef-up its powers to act against struggling eurozone banks in a move that could foreshadow a tougher line towards those depending on its liquidity to survive View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage
EU bank pay rules threaten bonus chaos
Draft European Union regulations require 60% of top bankers’ bonuses to be deferred for up to five years, with a ‘minimum retention period’ for share awards View full post on Financial Times – UK Homepage