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The warning came as the latest evidence on the supply of credit to the British economy showed little sign of radical improvements. The Bank of England's Trends In Lending Report confirmed that British consumers were still...
The Bank of England has outlined plans for "top-up" charges to boost bank balance sheets, as it sought to add the "missing ingredient" to financial regulation. The Bank of England has outlined plans for "top-up" charges to...
Investors who fear that the seven-month rally in investment-grade corporate bonds may be over are now moving their money into riskier high-yield bond funds, according to advisers. With the Bank of England base rate unchanged at...
Gold was a lousy investment in the 90s … how times change. The humble savings account, meanwhile, more than held its own Gold It has been one of the best investments of the past decade, and this week it was hitting new highs....
The surprise announcement of tougher standards for asset-backed securities used as collateral highlights how far the bank is planning its 'exit strategy' to dismantle measures taken after last year's collapse of Lehman Brothers
Pensions have rarely been more interesting... I asked earlier this week for ideas for AXA's competition to invent an alternative name for 'pension' and haven't they come pouring in: perfidy; perjure; permute; perplex and...
Now for a bit of macro-prudential regulation. Sounds painful? It might be. Ridiculous though the phrase is, our three-headed regulator, the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority and the Treasury - is finally on to...
We Brits have a unique ability to embrace pessimism. We are rarely happier than when discussing the sheer awfulness of the country’s prospects. Indeed, if anything remotely good ever happens, we usually take it as a signal that...
Just when we thought the 'great panic' had driven off the private equity locusts, they look to be swarming back. The effort by John Hargreaves to cash out at Matalan, the discount retailer he founded, has attracted interest...
By Christina Fincher LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators need more tools to prevent the build-up of risks in the financial system but it would be unrealistic to think all asset bubbles can be prevented, according to a Bank of England...
