NatWest Group
FCA names 'skilled persons' for RBS lending review
Promontory Financial and Mazars will examine evidence
HSBC, RBS and SG to offer delegated reporting
The trio join five other banks in offering to report clients' trades to a trade repository on their behalf
In-house system of the year: Royal Bank of Scotland
A 30-fold increase in its computing grid, enabling coverage of 90% of the bank's derivatives business - a two-year overhaul of the counterparty risk framework at Royal Bank of Scotland wins this year's in-house system award
People: BNP Paribas to take RBS staff in structured products deal
The French bank will house up to 600 RBS staff after winning auction; SG CIB provides new CEO for Newedge; US futures business at Deutsche gets new boss; JP Morgan promotes divisional CFOs; SGX splits regulatory and risk roles
RBS review heralds tighter focus on small business lending
The news of a regulator-ordered review of RBS's lending shows that the FCA plans to tighten up oversight of treatment of small businesses as well as retail customers
RBS agrees to sell £175bn structured product portfolio to BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas wins bid to acquire the multi-billion-pound structured products portfolio put up for sale by Royal Bank of Scotland
Top 10 op risks: IT failure
The sixth in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at IT failure. System crashes are an embarrassingly public way to lose money – and will become less and less affordable as transaction speeds grow
Top 10 op risks: index rigging
The first in our series of top 10 op risks for 2014 looks at index rigging. The Libor-rigging scandal continues to grow, and other indexes may have been involved too
People: UBS beefs up US equity derivatives team
Americas EQD business gets new head and new head of sales; Higgins joins RBS as head of European fixed income; Nomura adds staff across Asia; four equity flow hires at SG CIB
Rabobank fined $1 billion for Libor failings
Dutch bank the latest to pay for benchmark manipulation
Risk USA: debate continues over defining reputational risk
Negative events may not damage financial institutions' reputations, conference hears
SFO investigating 22 individuals over Libor, court hears
Ex-trader Tom Hayes allegedly conspired with 22 others
Credit Suisse poaches RBS's Nelte for Americas role
Credit Suisse hires Nelte for NYC
UK banks improving on sales incentives, says FCA's Wheatley
Three out of four major UK banks now link incentives to more than just sales, regulator says
Banks to pay £400m in fees to ombudsman over PPI complaints
£900 fee per PPI claim handled has seen banks rack up millions in charges
RBS too big in UK inflation swap market, says RBS market risk chief
Global head of market risk at RBS says he is "way outside" his risk appetite
Icap fined $87.4m for Libor manipulation as brokers charged
CFTC and FCA impose fines of $65 million and £14 million
Scotiabank promotes Hart to risk chief, and other recent job moves
Stephen Hart replaces Rob Pitfield as Scotiabank CRO, and other Changing Hats stories from the past month
Investment strategy trends in the UK life insurance sector
Sponsored feature: RBS
German banks in fight for market share as FTT looms
The waiting game
Structured Products Bank Platform Technology Guide 2013
Structured Products Bank Platform Technology Guide 2013