UBS turns bonus culture on its head to claw back millions from failing executives

18-Nov-08

Senior executives and traders at UBS will forfeit previously earned bonuses if they underperform, under a radical...

Citigroup London in firing line over 52,000 job cut plan

17-Nov-08

Sir Win Bischoff, chairman of Citigroup, today admitted that staff numbers in London and New York will be hit...

Lloyds TSB and HBOS shares fall ahead of merger vote

17-Nov-08

Shares in HBOS slid more than 10 per cent this morning as wary investors continue to question the prospect of the...

Barclays capital plan vetoed by activists

17-Nov-08

The chances of a shareholder revolt against Barclays' £7.3 billion capital-raising plan were kept alive today as...

Goldman Sachs withholds bonuses from top executives

17-Nov-08

Senior executives in Goldman Sachs, the US investment banking group, will not receive bonuses this year, the...

Lovells reappoints David Harris as managing partner

17-Nov-08

Lovells has reappointed David Harris as managing partner just two weeks after reporting one of the standout...

RBS to slash 3,000 banking jobs worldwide

14-Nov-08

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the struggling bank, is preparing to axe up to 3,000 staff across its worldwide...

BT to slash 10,000 jobs after profits plunge

13-Nov-08

BT today revealed plans to cut 10,000 jobs by the end of the year after pre-tax profits slumped by 11 per cent in...

Pressure builds on Barclays to force better deal

13-Nov-08

Barclays is exploring whether its Gulf investors might be prepared to accept a watering down of the terms of their...

Sainsbury's defies gloom with 11% profit rise

12-Nov-08

J Sainsbury, the UK supermarket group, appeared to shake-off some of the gloom gripping the retail sector today...