Swiss banking giant has posted its first annual profit since 2006. The bank, which is Switzerland’s largest, has today reported a net profit of SwFr7.2 billion (£4.7 billion) for the 2010 year – this compares with a loss of SwFr2.7 billion in 2009. However, the bank still has a long way to go after full-year [...]
Swiss banking giant UBS has today reported a net profit of SwFr1.66 billion (£1.1 billion) for the July to September period – exceeding analysts’ expectations. The figures compare with a loss of SwFr564 million for the third quarter a year ago. For the first time since the financial crisis, the bank said it restored client [...]
Swiss banking giant UBS has today reported a net profit of SwFr2.0 billion (£1.2 billion, $1.9 billion) for the April to June period – exceeding analysts’ expectations. The news will be welcomed by many investors after the bank was among one of the worst hit victims of the credit crunch due to its exposure to [...]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined US banking giant Goldman Sachs $550 million (£356 million). The fine, which represents the largest against a financial company in the SEC’s history, comes as Goldman agreed to settle civil fraud charges over how it marketed a sub-prime mortgage product. The UK’s Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), [...]
Eight Wall Street banks are facing an investigation following allegations that they provided misleading information to several ratings agencies in order to gain a better rating for mortgage securities. New York Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, has launched the investigation and the banks under scrutiny are Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS AG, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche [...]
US mortgage giant Freddie Mac, which was taken over by regulators at the height of the financial crisis, has asked for a further $10.6 billion in state aid. The company, which announced a $6.7 billion dollar loss in the first quarter, said it would need the new funding by the end of June. The latest [...]
Michel Barnier, the European Internal Markets Commissioner, has pledged to investigate credit rating agencies after a series of downgrades to Greece’s debt. Mr Barnier told the European Parliament he had been surprised by the rapid deterioration of Greece’s rating. Last week, Greece became the first euro zone nation to have its debt downgraded to “junk” [...]
Swiss banking giant UBS has today reported first-quarter net profit of SwFr2.2 billion boosted by a strong performance in its investment banking division. The earnings beat analysts forecasts of SwFr2.0 billion, according to a poll by economics newswire AWP. UBS is among one of the worst hit victims of the credit crunch due to its [...]
UBS has today said it is predicting a net profit of SwFr2.5 billion (£1.5 billion, $2.4 billion) for the first three months of 2010. The prediction comes ahead of the Swiss banking giant‘s shareholder meeting on Wednesday and the stock gained more than 3% in Frankfurt following the announcement. UBS is among one of the [...]
The US Treasury Department has today announced it is selling its 27% stake in Citigroup this year, in what will be one of the largest stock sales ever. According to the department, around 7.7 billion shares in the bailed-out bank will be sold in stages. The stock is currently worth around $33 billion (£22 billion) [...]
The full extent of UK mortgage fraud in the lead up to the credit crisis is probably as yet unknown and signs of economic recovery have prompted the National Fraud Authority (NFA) to remind lenders that they must continue to combat the crime. According to the NFA, almost £144 billion was loaned in mortgages in [...]
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has reported on its recent review of sub-prime lenders who are closed to new business, and on the third parties they instruct to handle mortgage arrears and repossessions. The study found that both were operating “an approach focused too strongly on recovering arrears without reference to the borrower’s individual circumstances”. [...]
The Government has announced an inquiry into the UK mortgage market, focusing on arrears, repossession and access to mortgage finance. The Treasury Select Committee will undertake the study which will look at the impact of the recession on existing and potential homeowners. MPs will collect lenders’ statistics on current arrears and their forecasts for medium-term [...]
UBS, which is Switzerland’s largest, bank, has reported a first quarter loss of SwFr1.98 billion (£1.2 billion). The bank said the losses were attributed to write-downs on risky investments. However the loss was less than the SwFr9.5 billion reported for the fourth quarter of 2008. The Swiss bank is among one of the worst hit [...]
Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, is to wield the axe on another 8,700 jobs. Oswald Gruebel, the chief executive appointed to restore the bank’s reputation, said the bank will become smaller and there will be cuts. The jobs are set to go by next year in a major cost-cutting programme after the bank announced losses of [...]
Swiss banking giant, UBS, has reported a full-year loss of SwFr19.7 billion (£11.3 billion) following a turbulent year in the banking industry. Furthermore, the bank, which is Switzerland’s largest, reported a fourth quarter loss of SwFr8.1 billion. UBS said it plans to refocus on its domestic market after a turbulent year overseas and is to [...]
US banking giant, Citigroup, is rumoured to be in merger talks with after its shares plunged 26% yesterday amid fears about its financial viability. Shares in the bank were trading at $54 two years ago, however, the shares closed yesterday at $4.71. The bank, which is one of the largest banks in the US, announced [...]
US banking giant Citigroup is to slash 52,000 jobs, far more than analysts had predicted. The job losses are in addition to the 23,000 staff cut already this year and the total 75,000 job losses represent a reduction of approximately 20% of its workforce, leaving it with 300,000 jobs globally. The bank, which is one [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) adds to the thousands of job losses in the UK this week by announcing that it is to axe 3,000 staff from its global banking and markets division. The news of the job losses follows a week of cuts after JCB, one of the largest construction equipment manufacturers in the [...]
Banking giant HSBC has revealed that losses have soared by $700 million to $4.3 billion (£2.7 billion) in the third quarter due to bad debt charges relating to the US sub-prime mortgage market crisis. This takes its total impairment since the US housing market crisis first emerged in late 2006 to approximately $23 billion. Furthermore, [...]
M&S Money launches 3% cash ISA
M&S Money has launched an Advantage Cash ISA paying 3 per cent, and which allows transfers in from other ISAs. It can be opened with a minimum deposit of £100 lump sum followed by minimum monthly deposits of £25. The 3% rate is variable, but there is no short-term bonus so the return won’t plummet [...]
Google suspends UK Compare Mortgages site
Google has closed its UK mortgage comparison site which it launched in July last year, after it proved to be less popular than expected. Mortgage comparison sites are designed to allow visitors to compare mortgages quickly and easily without having to visit each lender’s individual site. Google was competing with several well-established comparison sites, including [...]
AA launches ‘black-box’ policy for young drivers
The AA is launching an innovative car insurance policy called Drivesafe which could help younger drivers save up to £850 a year. Younger drivers already pay substantially higher premiums than other motorists and these costs are increasing. A new study by Confused.com suggests insurance costs for younger driver have gone up by 5.7 per cent [...]
ATOL scheme updated to protect online bookers
ATOL, a financial protection scheme managed by the Civil Aviation Authority, is being extended to protect up to six million more holidays a year. The scheme ensures that holiday makers do not lose out financially if a travel company collapses, and that they are not stranded abroad. An increase in the number of holidays booked [...]
Home repossessions lowest for four years
The number of UK homes repossessed fell to 36,200 in 2011, significantly below the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ forecast of 40,000, and lower than 2010 when 37,100 homes were repossessed. With interest rates remaining low and lenders adopting a sympathetic attitude to customers in financial difficulty, repossessions fell to their lowest level since 2007. However, [...]
Monthly pay lasting just 17 days
Workers are running out of money just 17 days after receiving their monthly pay, according to new research by the Halifax bank. This means that the average UK worker spends half the month worrying about money. The study, based on the responses of more than 2,000 adults, found that 10 per cent of workers start [...]
Women disadvantaged by auto-enrolment changes
Government proposals to increase the auto-enrolment threshold to £10,000 could put 1.8 million women at risk of missing out on a pension, the TUC has warned. Under the auto-enrolment scheme, which will be phased in from October, private sector employers will automatically enrol workers between the age of 22 years and the state pension age, [...]
Emergency household repairs company Homeserve is taking longer than expected to get back on track after its operations were suspended last October. The company expected customer numbers to fall by 5% this year but it has increased this estimate to 8% and announced the loss of 200 jobs. It estimates that renewal revenue in 2013 [...]
Sale rumoured for Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks
There is growing speculation that National Australia Bank (NAB) may sell Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank after the Australian parent company announced a strategic review of the two banks’ operations. The Australian economy is performing well and NAB reported strong profits for the final quarter of 2011 but with the UK economy at a virtual [...]
More women experiencing debt difficulties
Women in Debt, which offers female-focused debt advice, has warned that the number of UK women facing serious debt has grown significantly over recent years. The organisation believes that more women will need advice on solving debt problems in the future because they are building up an unsustainable level of indebtedness. Women in Debt’s director, [...]
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