05/05/2014

British investors ratchet back up equity bets

Top British investors bumped up their equity bets in April, preferring developed stock markets to volatile emerging markets, while pulling money out of safer assets such as cash and bonds.

05/01/2014

Banking Is Getting Boring and That's Good

Speak to any financial regulator and they will tell you that their post-economic crisis ambition is for banking to become boring. Events at Barclays suggest they're starting to get their way.

05/01/2014

Criminal Charges Against Banks Risk Sparking Crisis

As U.S. Justice Department prosecutors angle to bring the first criminal charges against global banks since the financial crisis, they’ll have to stare down warnings of uncontainable collateral damage.