Ft Banking Weekly

In this week's podcast: What options are on the table for troubled Franco-Belgian lender Dexia? Also on the show, the world’s biggest banks begin to make living wills, UBS forecasts profits despite trading loss and we round-up the latest merger and acquisitions activity. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Brooke Masters, Anousha Sakoui and Stanley Pignal. Produced by Emily Cadman  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: Trading losses at Swiss Bank UBS underline the need for banking reform; and, Lloyds Banking Group finance director, Tim Tookey, resigns. Presented by Brooke Masters with Sharlene Goff and Sam Jones. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's podcast is a Vickers report special with Patrick Jenkins, Sharlene Goff and Brooke Masters. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The US Federal Housing Finance Agency hits banks with lawsuits over the selling of mortgage bonds in the run-up to the credit crisis; the sale of shares in UK banks - Lloyds and RBS - looks to be on hold; and, with just a week to go before publication of Sir John Vickers’ report on banking reform - we ask, what should we expect? Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Megan Murphy and Sharlene Goff. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s podcast: Intervention by the ECB to soothe markets; the US and the country’s downgrading - just how big a deal is it?; plus, what impact has the financial turmoil had on the banking sector - and what next? Presented by Sharlene Goff with Richard Milne and Jennifer Hughes in London and Helen Thomas in New York with Sateside. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: HSBC and results delivered today by new chief executive, Stuart Gulliver; we look forward to the rest of the UK banking sector as we anticipate what results are likely to be published later this week; and, we discuss the job cuts being announced across the banking sector in Europe. Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins and Sharlene Goff in the studio in London and Dan McCrum in New York with Stateside. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s podcast: We look at the EU plan for enacting the Basel III capital requirements into law; we discuss EU investment banks which look set to report falls in trading revenue; and, we consider the auctions for Northern Rock and the sale of Lloyds’ branches - both heating up this week. Presented by Sharlene Goff with Megan Murphy and Brooke Masters in London and Tom Braithwaite in New York in Stateside.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s podcast: we concentrate on the results of the European bank stress tests, which were released on Friday; we anticipate numbers of the second quarter earnings for 2011; and, we take a look at Lloyds and the process of selling 632 branches. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff, Megan Murphy and Brooke Masters in the studio in London and Tom Braithwaite with Stateside in New York. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s podcast: We look at Santander’s plans to tackle poor customer service in the UK by rerouting its call centres from India to three locations in Britain; Eurozone ministers meet in Brussels today to consider default as part of the Greek rescue plan; and, speculation over who will succeed Deutsche Bank’s chief executive, Josef Ackermann, could be over. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Brooke Masters, Megan Murphy and Michael Kavanagh in the studio in London and Dan McCrum with Stateside in New York. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's show: the confusion over Greece's debt - when is a default a default? Axel Weber goes to UBS - leaving Deutsche Bank in a succession tailspin. And how will the UK's new Financial Conduct Authority work? Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Megan Murphy, Brooke Masters and Richard Milne. Produced by Rob Minto.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brady plan II: French banks ride to Greece’s rescue; with a high-risk loan book, where next for Lloyds? And so much for Lehman Sisters as board diversity plans are shelved Presented by Megan Murphy, with Patrick Jenkins, Sharlene Goff, and Helen Thomas from New York. Produced by Rob Minto.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s podcast: the deepening debt crisis in Greece and discussions about a second bailout; the world’s biggest banks face a capital surcharge of up to three percent; and, as the UK chancellor George Osborne announces his backing of ring-fencing retail banks, we ask, will this make the sector safer? This week's US update, Stateside, is by Justin Baer. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff, Brooke Masters and David Oakley Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: how UK bank lending targets are more complicated than you might think; new FT research shows the global changes in bankers’ pay; and when will bank stocks become fashionable again? Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff, Megan Murphy and Kate Burgess Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: Errors in data force delay in EU bank stress tests; Northern Rock to be sold alongside Lloyds branches; And as an EU law is being drawn up to impose the new Basel III requirements, we look at how European banks are preparing to accommodate the new rules. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff and Brooke Masters. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s podcast: UK banks are under fire again from the government over the amount of lending they are doing; Deutsche Bank has its AGM on Thursday amid growing speculation that Jo Ackermann is about to signal his retirement as chief executive; plus, former RBS chief Sir Fred Goodwin finds himself at the centre of the furore over super injunctions. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Brooke Masters and Sharlene Goff in London, James Wilson in Frankfurt and Helen Thomas in New York with Stateside. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: the International Monetary Fund faces disruption following the arrest of its head Dominique Strauss-Kahn; RBS boss Stephen Hester denies rumours of early exit from post; big banks take on capital surcharges. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff, Brooke Masters and Chris Giles in London and Justin Baer in New York with Stateside. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: UK banks drop their PPI appeal: will the floodgates open on compensation? HSBC profits fall short; what to do with defunct banks. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Brooke Masters and Sharlene Goff in the studio. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: As implications of the interim report, delivered last week by the Independent Commission on Banking, are fully realised, we ask what will the landscape of UK retail banking look like this time next year; we return to a favourite topic of the podcast - location, location, location; and we look at the Church of England's criticism of bankers' pay. Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Megan Murphy in the studio and Helen Thomas in New York for Stateside. Produced by LJ Filotrani Next episode of Banking Weekly is on May 9  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's show: The FT’s banking team discuss the Vickers report: what it means for Lloyds, capital ratios, high street customers and politics. Presented by Megan Murphy with Sharlene Goff and Jennifer Hughes. Stateside is by Francesco Guerrera. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's podcast: Italy steps up pressure on its banks to boost their core tier one capital ahead of European Union stress tests starting this month; Ireland's banks look for another bail out to the tune of €24bn; in the UK, speculation increases ahead of the Banking Commission's interim report due out next week. US banking update, Stateside, is by Justin Baer this week. Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins and Sharlene Goff in the studio and Rachel Sanderson in Milan. Produced by LJ Filotrani  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.