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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 close to settling with the Serious Fraud Office over ‘bribes to Qatar’ claims
July 22nd, 2015
Barclays is moving closer to striking a deal with Britain’s fraud squad to settle allegations it paid bribes to Qatar to secure a bailout during the financial crisis, writes Peter Campbell. The Serious Fraud Office wrote to the scandal-dogged ...
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 announces its intention to appoint KPMG as its auditor
July 6th, 2015
Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) announces its intention to appoint KPMG as its auditor for the year ending 31 December 2017. This follows a competitive tender process overseen by an Audit Tender Oversight Sub-committee of the Barclays’ ...
Barclays brokers sniff at Stifel, jump to Merrill
July 1st, 2015
BofA has added 15 ex-Barclays advisers in the past month and recently picked up a $750 million team in Texas Fifteen advisers, including most recently a team in Texas managing $750 million in assets, have fled Barclays Plc U.S. ...
Barclays Selects JPMorgan to Replace Credit Suisse as Broker
June 25th, 2015
Barclays Plc picked JPMorgan Chase & Co. to replace Credit Suisse Group AG as a corporate broker amid a review of the bank’s performance by new Chairman John McFarlane. Deutsche Bank AG retained its advisory role. JPMorgan was chosen ...
Barclays sued by California utility over alleged electric market manipulation
June 24th, 2015
A California water utility filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday to recoup losses in the electric market that it blames on Barclays Bank Plc , which the U.S. government fined $453 million in 2013 for manipulating electricity prices. ...
Barclays Trials Bitcoin Tech With Pilot Program
June 23rd, 2015
Barclays has signed off on a proof-of-concept to trial bitcoin technology. Following an agreement with bitcoin exchange Safello, the UK bank says it will explore how blockchain technologies could bolster the financial services sector. Speaking to CoinDesk, Safello CEO ...
Barclays to Pay $400 Million Penalty to Settle CFTC Charges
May 21st, 2015
CFTC Also Took Action Today Against Barclays and its Affiliates for Attempted Manipulation and False Reporting of the ISDAFIX Benchmark, an Interest Rate Benchmark — the First Enforcement Action Addressing Abuse of ISDAFIX Barclays Has Now Been Subject to ...
