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Bank guarantee must stay in place

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... needs. They have to go offshore and when they do they are competing with US banks that are supported by guarantees and UK banks that are supported by guarantees. "While that situation goes on there should not be any change to our guarantee arrangements." ...

Doors open for new ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... that the move was designed to shore up Barclays' balance sheet and avoid the part-nationalisation path taken by other UK banks. But in the same press statement, the bank said it is now in talks with HM Treasury and UK's financial regulator, the Financial ...

NAB gambles on its IFS model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... New Zealand), the US agri bank and Asian operations are rated "smaller businesses, resilient in tough conditions". The UK banks and some "non-franchise" nabCapital activities (such as CDO origination) are rated "unsatisfactory returns today in tough ...

The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... trying to encourage banks, the BOE only wants those who really need the facility to use it. According to The Guardian, no UK banks were feeling enough pain to turn on the drip during Thursday's market tear-up.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... easing concerns of US inflation. China's move to let its banks to invest client funds in overseas equities also boosted UK banks and the FTSE 100 closed up 41.6 points at 6,565.7. However, the index lost 38 points over the past week. FRANKFURT - The ...

NAB removes commission bias in the UK

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2006
National Australia Bank owned UK banks Clydesdale and Yorkshire have revamped their financial advisers' commission structures in response to a survey that found three out of four consumers believe advisers push products that earn them the most sales ...

Speculation NAB could sell Irish banks after board meeting

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
... better suited to someone who has a big presence in Northern Ireland and my feeling is they might want to hold the other UK banks,\" Warnes said. The two day board meeting is not short of topics to discuss, including the question of the UK banks, the ...

HBOS CEO damps hopes of UK bid for Abbey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
... unlikely after the No.2 British mortgage lender agreed to be bought by Spain\'s Santander Central Hispano on Monday. \"(UK banks) will look at the competition analysis and come to the same inevitable conclusion -- that there are big difficulties,\" Crosby ...

NAB's former UK target Abbey National faces new takeover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... also come into play. There has been recent speculation that NAB, with earnings under pressure, may consider selling its UK banks for around $11 billion. She said it was ironic that NAB, which tried three times to buy Abbey, is now on the sidelines with ...

NAB chief executive rules out UK and Irish sell-off

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
... and Irish operations. In an interview with a UK-based newspaper, Stewart said he had no plans to sell-off NAB's three UK banks - Clydesdale, Yorkshire, and Belfast-based Northern - and one Irish bank, National Irish. Stewart reasserted NAB's plan to ...