Permanent TSB will hold its annual general meeting in Ballsbridge today and it's a fair bet there will be the usual ding-dong about the remuneration paid to directors from disgruntled shareholders.......

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, on Tuesday won a vote of confidence from shareholders that he deserves to keep both his titles. ...But a series of congressional investigat...

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's Capitol Hill testimony Wednesday follows lawmakers charging he purposely withheld strategic information from them....Bernanke is to appear before the House...

May 22--NEW YORK -- Jamie Dimon survived a bruising fight to strip him of his chairmanship, but directors at JPMorgan Chase & Co. may still have to calm restive shareholders....That's a sharp drop fro...

LONDON - The International Monetary Fund has softened its assessment of the British government's economic policies, saying in a report Wednesday that it did well to ease its pace of austerity cuts, bu...

LONDON - The International Monetary Fund has called on the British government to do more to support the country's recovery now that it has started to ease the pace of its budget austerity measures.......

FRANKFURT, Germany - Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter - a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of...

What will happen if 1994's sudden burst in interest rates repeats itself?...This jump slashed more than $600 billion from the value of U.S. bonds at a time when total market size was $10.4 trillion......

TAMPA, Fla. - Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO JPMorgan Chase, told shareholders Tuesday that last year's $6 billion trading loss had been expensive and "extremely embarrassing," but he also asked shareh...

The chairman and chief executive officer at U.S. financial giant JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder vote to have his job split in two, vote tallies show....Shareholders did not turn out any of the...

LONDON - Markets were choppy Tuesday as investors remained cautious in the run-up to a much-anticipated statement from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke....But a recent run of strong U.S. eco...

May 21--"We are very worried about mortgages," said Supervisor of Banks David Zaken at the "Globes"-BDO Ziv Haft Capital Markets Conference in Tel Aviv today. ..."Our concern is that the risk assessme...

TAMPA, Fla. - Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank. ...But sha...

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) announced the launch of the Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund, which offers exposure to a range of alternative and non-traditional investment strategi...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s (JPM) long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A+' and short-term IDR at 'F1'....Fitch has also affirmed JPM's viability rating (VR) at 'a+', its sup...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Banco BHD (BHD) and its related entities' BHD Valores Puesto de Bolsa (BHD Valores) and BHD International Bank (Panama) - BHDIB ratings....KEY RATING DRIVERS BHD- IDRs, VRs,...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Morgan Stanley's ratings including its Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'A/F1', support rating at '1', support rating floor (SRF) at 'A' and viability rating (VR) at 'a-'......

May 21--It used to be the case that the divide between the City and the rest of the country was based on incomes -- the gulf in incomes led to a gulf in values. ...In his view, those who get it are th...

SimCorp, a provider of investment management software and services for the global financial services industry, will be hosting a series of 'SimCorp Partner Days' in Toronto, Boston and New York....An...

Nearly 300 people from businesses and agencies across the nation registered for the 75-minute webinar broadcast on April 25 and May 2 of 2013 by Enterprise Risk Management....According to a release, t...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s (JPM) long- term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A+' and short-term IDR at 'F1'. ...Fitch has also affirmed JPM's viability rating (VR) at 'a+', its s...

LONDON - Markets were fairly choppy Tuesday as investors were reluctant to push stock indexes up further ahead of a much-anticipated statement from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke....A rece...

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter _ a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of...

May 21--The nation's biggest banks are waging an outrageous fight against a bipartisan Senate bill seeking to protect taxpayers from bailing them out....Renewed interest in curtailing reckless financi...

Alexandria: Credit Risk Management, LLC, has been granted trademark (4334330) titled as "CREDIT LEADER" from the United States Patent and Trademark Office....G & S: Services for banks and other financ...

Alexandria: Credit Risk Management, LLC, has been granted trademark (4334329) titled as "LRM" from the United States Patent and Trademark Office....G & S: Computer software for banks and other financi...

A survey from Citi Prime Finance revealed that global demand for retail-focused, liquid alternative investment products will reach $939 billion by 2017, more than three times the current level....Acco...

The IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker ETF was named the "Most Innovative ETF" at the 9th Annual Global ETF Awards on April 18, it was announced by the fund's sponsor, IndexIQ, a developer of index-based...

Crypto Street, a startup that's building a platform for trading digital currencies like Bitcoin, is making a point of forging relationships with multiple banks after similar businesses suddenly lost t...

At the most fundamental level, the key question in housing finance reform is what, and how large, should be the role of the federal government?...Broadly speaking, in housing finance there are at leas...

(Bloomberg) -- Sales of corporate bonds in the U.S. are surging toward the busiest May ever as borrowers race to the market before demand dries up with Bill Gross and Warren Buffett cautioning against...

The Challenges & The Mixed Forecasts On The Final Tab For The Failed Corporates ALEXANDRIA, Va.-It's been four years since the most cataclysmic and costly series of events in the history of U.S. c...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The credit union community has expressed both support and concern for NCUA's handling of the legacy assets from the five failed corporate credit unions. ...To get the agency's perspect...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Overall credit card debt fell for the first time this year during the month of March, according to data just released by the Federal Reserve. ...Revolving credit, made up mostly of cr...

What will happen if 1994's sudden burst in interest rates repeats itself?...This jump slashed more than $600 billion from the value of U.S. bonds at a time when total market size was $10.4 trillion......

May 20--NBK'S EGYPTIAN SUBSIDIARY POSTS 15.3 percent RISE IN PROFITS: National Bank of Kuwait Group (NBK) has said its Al Watany Bank of Egypt (AWB) subsidiary has posted a 15.3 percent rise in first-...

Although risk management is important among companies concerned with regulatory pressure, few maintain a clearly defined risk appetite and reward... ...Although risk management is important among comp...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency took regulatory action against 11 financial institutions and terminated orders against five others in April, the agency said Friday....The OCC found that...

Flagstar Bancorp (FBC) in Troy, Mich., announced that its chief executive has stepped aside after just eight months in the post....Under Tierney, Flagstar had worked to reinvent itself as a Michigan c...

Jamie Dimon may well keep his dual leadership role at JPMorgan Chase (JPM), but bank chief executives won't be so lucky in coming years....The prolonged and contentious debate over whether Dimon shoul...

The taxpayer could be forgiven for being a little bemused at claims that jobs are at risk because of heavy-handed regulation of the banks. ...The public also knows that tougher regulation of the banks...

Perhaps the best way to view the world's largest banks is not as companies, but as nations unto themselves....They fend off proposed regulations that pop up in one country by arguing that such rules n...

The financial services industry plays a vital role in fueling businesses to expand and create jobs, helping our economy to grow. ...Many steps have been taken to dramatically improve the strength and...

Text of report by popular German tabloid newspaper Bild on 19 May...[BaS] Mr Weidmann, there are big problems with the new five-euro bills. ...[Weidmann] The manufacturers and equipment operators are...

Crypto Street, a startup that's building a platform for trading digital currencies like Bitcoin, is making a point of forging relationships with multiple banks after similar businesses suddenly lost t...

Fitch Ratings affirms the following Trinity River Authority, Texas' outstanding bonds:...$61.4 million revenue regional wastewater system revenue refunding bonds, series 2011 at AA+....Solid Contract...

A trick has been mutating across several types of investments. ...This fast-growing investing trend has been dubbed "structured products." ...Structured products have become the darling of the high ne...

First Capital and Hudson Insurance Group have introduced a new insurance services professional liability primary and excess facility underwritten by Hudson and administered by First Capital....In a re...

Agiliance, Inc., an independent provider of Integrated Risk Management solutions for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) programs, announced the release of the Agiliance Monetary Authority of Singa...

British economy only in "modest" recovery: central bank governor...LONDON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said in a television interview on Sunday that Britain's economy had a...