Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS)
UK banks shun short-term funding
Flighty sources of cash make up less than 4% of UK bank balance sheets
Libor fines for Lloyds include penalty for SLS underpayment
Banking group took state aid, then lied over terms of its repayment
Benchmark survey and Lloyds/Bank of Scotland fine underline need for bonus scrutiny
£28 million penalty for poor incentives – but op risk still largely excluded from pay policies, survey finds
Data, delays and loss of focus: operational risks in M&A
When two become one
Cultural failures at JP Morgan, Barclays and HBOS
Crisis of over-confidence
FSA fine for Cummings signals greater focus on individual culpability
£500,000 fine is a UK record for individuals
Halifax links to FTSE 100 and Bank of England base rate
The base-rate booster
Profile: Halifax Share Dealing
A little extra yield
Whistleblowers given more incentive in US than UK
When the whistle blows
Lloyds abandons AMA
Lloyds has abandoned the AMA after trying to combine two models, losing key staff and coming under scrutiny from regulators
CBA’s Alden Toevs on enterprise risk management
A balancing act
Bank CDSs hit by poor results
Market sentiment towards financials has been varied in the past week as more second-quarter bank results were announced.
HBOS deal leads Lloyds to £3.96 billion loss
Lloyds Banking Group made a pre-tax £3.96 billion loss on a pro forma basis in the first half of 2009, primarily due to losses on commercial real estate assets held by HBOS, which it acquired in January.
Lock, stock and barrel
Mergers
Lloyds asset protection deal sends shares tumbling
Shares in Lloyds Banking Group have fallen after it confirmed that it would put £250 billion of toxic assets into the UK government's asset protection scheme.
Lloyds asset protection scheme talks stall as HBOS losses confirmed
Lloyds Banking Group, which today confirmed that Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) lost £10.8 billion in 2008, remains locked in talks with the UK government about participation in its asset protection scheme.
Lloyds' HBOS losses highlight flaws in FSA capital measures
With UK banking group Lloyds set to announce heavy 2008 losses later this week, industry observers are turning against plans from the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) to loosen bank capital requirements.
Don't rock the boat!
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FSA deputy chairman resigns over HBOS risk whistleblower
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Hedge funds grilled by UK Treasury committee
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