Search Results for: Barclays Capital
Barclays reports 25% rise in profits
July 29th, 2015
Barclays bank has reported a 25% rise in statutory pre-tax profits to £3.14bn for the six months to the end of June. Profits last year were £2.55bn. The bank also set aside a further £850m to compensate customers – ...
Barclays to pay $800,000 fine for U.S. data reporting errors
July 17th, 2015
Wall Street’s self-funded watchdog fined a unit of Barclays PLC (BARC.L) $800,000 (512,377 pounds) for violations related to how the bank reported stock trades over a more than two-year period, hampering the regulator’s ability to properly monitor the market. ...
Barclays’ second boss in a week exits the bank
July 16th, 2015
BARCLAYS deputy chairman Sir Mike Rake has become the second casualty of newly-installed chairman John McFarlane in a week, after he confirmed plans to leave the bank “by the end of 2015” yesterday – which leaves the rest of ...
Barclays among 10 banks fined for abusing research to win deals
December 12th, 2014
TEN GLOBAL banks were fined a total of $43.5m (£27.7m) by US regulator Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) yesterday for their attempts to misuse analysts’ research to gain lucrative jobs on Toys R Us’ attempted stock market flotation in 2010. Analysts’ research ...
Ex-Barclays members provide evidence for fraud
September 25th, 2014
Former board members of Barclays have been called on to give evidence to the UK’s anti-fraud agency as part of a probe into the bank’s dealings with Qatar over an emergency cash injection at the height of the financial ...
Barclays gains Profit But Investment Banking Revenue declines
July 30th, 2014
Barclays said on Wednesday that it had swung to a profit in the second quarter, but that it was hurt by lower revenue in its investment banking unit and by higher provisions for improperly sold insurance. The British bank ...
Barclays, Credit Suisse Battle Banker Exodus, Legal Woes
May 5th, 2014
Barclays Plc (BARC), Credit Suisse Group AG and UBS AG (UBSN) will face questions this week about key banker departures, legal challenges and their efforts to boost profitability. Barclays last week lost three top bankers in the U.S. and ...
Oil markets to be disrupted for at least three months in wake of Harvey
August 31st, 2017
The economic impact of Hurricane Harvey’s destruction has been limited on Eastern Canada so far, but the fallout from the storm is expected to affect oil markets for months. Harvey, a category-4 hurricane later downgraded to a tropical storm, ...
Citibank N.A. settles for being part of forex trading cartel
February 21st, 2017
Today, the Competition Commission has filed with the Competition Tribunal a settlement agreement reached with Citibank N.A. for being part of the forex trading cartel. The Commission found that from at least 2007, Citibank N.A. and its competitors had ...
J.P. Morgan Securities ordered to pay $900,000
January 12th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS), a Delaware corporation headquartered in New York City, for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ ...
