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Friday, 15 October, 2021

Greensill Capital
Grant Thornton to charge more than £20m for Greensill administration
Administrator’s fee forecast now represents close to 5 per cent of its entire UK annual revenues
3 hours ago
Thursday, 14 October, 2021

Credit Suisse Group AG
Credit Suisse angers Greensill investors with free services offer
Refunds proposed for clients who have not initiated legal claims, and perhaps for those who drop them
Monday, 11 October, 2021

FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
Credit Suisse report into Greensill failings hit by delays
Stakes have raised considerably for the Swiss bank after its headquarters were raided by police
Sunday, 10 October, 2021

Banks
Big banks resist most direct road map to net zero emissions
Lenders reluctant to end financing of new oil, gas and coal exploration projects
Sunday, 10 October, 2021

GFG Alliance
Gupta to inject £50m into UK steel plants after Australia restructuring
Metals tycoon’s lifeline offers hope to 3,000 workers in Britain
Monday, 4 October, 2021

ESG investing
Top financiers due to attend UK green investor summit
Bosses of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, BlackRock and Blackstone invited to event
Monday, 27 September, 2021

Credit Suisse Group AG
West Virginia governor offers $300m to settle Credit Suisse debt
Jim Justice’s Bluestone Resources borrowed heavily via funds linked to Greensill Capital
Monday, 27 September, 2021

News in-depthBanca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA
Tension mounts as Monte dei Paschi di Siena nears its end
UniCredit is poised to carve up world’s oldest lender, sparking consolidation of Italy’s banking system
Friday, 24 September, 2021

FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
GFG’s timetable slips for refinancing $5bn of Greensill debt
Cooling commodity markets threaten Sanjeev Gupta’s battle to preserve his sprawling metals conglomerate
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Sunday, 19 September, 2021

ExplainerUK energy
What does the natural gas crisis mean for UK consumers?
Energy suppliers are restricting the number of tariffs available amid record high gas and power prices
Monday, 13 September, 2021

News in-depthUBS Group AG
UBS wealth business booms but are risks piling up?
The $3.6tn division has to prove it can keep growing once all the low-hanging fruit has been picked
Sunday, 12 September, 2021

Credit Suisse Group AG
Horta-Osório tightens his grip at Credit Suisse
New chair stamps his authority on Swiss bank, raising questions about the CEO
Sunday, 5 September, 2021

News in-depthUK business & economy
UK employers plot return of office workers
Companies have created hybrid working models that are being rolled out this month
Wednesday, 1 September, 2021

Special ReportVienna as a Financial Centre
Vienna’s banking industry struggles to shake off dirty money scandals
Austrian lenders face pressure to tackle corruption after a series of money laundering allegations
Friday, 27 August, 2021

Mergers & Acquisitions
Andrea Pignataro’s Ion raises offer for Italy’s Cerved
Acquisitive fintech group increases bid for credit data and information provider by 7%
Wednesday, 18 August, 2021

Boris Collardi
Boris Collardi steps down as Pictet partner
Swiss banker was rebuked by regulators earlier this year over long-running money-laundering scandal
Friday, 13 August, 2021

FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
Banks close to business as usual in US and Europe despite pandemic effects
Investment banking revenues surge while lenders reduce capital set aside for defaults
Friday, 13 August, 2021

Credit Suisse Group AG
Credit Suisse brings in former UBS executive to head risk committee
New chair António Horta-Osório looks to bolster risk management after Archegos and Greensill crises
Tuesday, 3 August, 2021

Credit Suisse Group AG
Credit Suisse to face ‘tuna bonds’ trial
Re-emergence of 2013 scandal is a further blow to bank’s attempts to move on from a spate of crises
Tuesday, 3 August, 2021

Societe Generale
SocGen reports best first-half performance in 5 years
Paris-based bank’s €1.4bn second-quarter net income is 68% ahead of analysts’ forecasts
Friday, 30 July, 2021

Bank stress tests
EU stress tests show world’s oldest bank would be wiped out in economic shock
Verdict on Monte dei Paschi di Siena comes as UniCredit is in talks to buy ailing lender
Friday, 30 July, 2021

Credit Suisse Group AG
Credit Suisse resorts to rehiring risk staff on elevated salaries after scandals
Reshuffle linked to losses related to Archegos and Greensill implosions
Friday, 30 July, 2021

UniCredit SpA
UniCredit profits rise on back of surge in fees
Milan-based bank earnings report comes hours after it says it is in exclusive talks to buy MPS
Thursday, 29 July, 2021

European banks
UniCredit enters exclusive talks to buy Monte dei Paschi
Long-mooted move would be first big deal under new chief executive Andrea Orcel
Thursday, 29 July, 2021

Credit Suisse Group AG
Credit Suisse prepares legal action against Archegos
Independent report into the bank’s $5.5bn loss found it had been ‘deceived’ but that staff also ignored risks