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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:23:26 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:38:42 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gif/companies/financial-services(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb383d0c-d606-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb383d0c-d606-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe top three US credit ratings agencies are accused of 'wreaking havoc' on US financial markets by providing inflated ratings and costing state funds hundreds of millions of dollarsSat, 21 Nov 2009 00:23:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/23be2540-d611-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/23be2540-d611-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlCompany pension liabilities should be discounted by an interest rate equal to that on risk-free government bonds Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:45 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/12a89788-d614-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12a89788-d614-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe fund manager is hoping that this year's robust growth figures will prove attractive to investors, but all bets will be off if the market slips into reverseFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:41:09 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ef171dc-d5af-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ef171dc-d5af-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe head of Nationwide, Britain's biggest building society, accuses government-backed companies of seriously distorting the savings market as its profits fall more than 60%Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1f8bc28-d609-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1f8bc28-d609-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe supermarket chain, which has pledged to become the 'people's bank', has indicated that it could look to introduce mortgages by the end of next year, but may not begin offering current accounts until 2011Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6819f064-d5a5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6819f064-d5a5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe asset management group says the offering will cut net debt to £150m. Managers are expected to sell up to 20% of their shares Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f97ea29e-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f97ea29e-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe European Commission has warned that it will be months before it decides whether to support a radical overhaul of accounting rules on how banks and other financial institutions value their assetsFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4791a65e-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4791a65e-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe K1 affair: In detaining Helmut Kiener, German prosecutors have provoked much intrigue over the hedge fund operator with big banks as clients but a history of regulatory run-insFri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c12804d4-d60e-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c12804d4-d60e-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe building society sector, led by the leading operator, approaches regulators about a CoCo-based model that could buttress their stressed capital basesFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/de383aea-d5e5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/de383aea-d5e5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html'Try it: millions will love it,' writes Martin Wolf, the FT's chief economics commentator. In the UK, the mob is once again baying for bloodFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:28 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/71208b74-d608-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71208b74-d608-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlGartmore has spent the past year steadily recruiting talent from other asset managers – a move that was widely seen as preparation for a public listingFri, 20 Nov 2009 19:23:54 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ada22068-d508-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ada22068-d508-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlThe South African financial services group plans to increase its lending to UK customers, Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:25:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e36dded0-d53f-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e36dded0-d53f-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlStandard & Poor's is to quit Australia's retail market following a decision last week by the nation's regulator to strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:39:49 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/dada7302-d4ed-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dada7302-d4ed-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlJPMorgan Cazenove sees scope to make more of the synergies between the bulge-bracket US bank and the 190-year-old broker, as it confirms details of a £1bn dealThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:08:45 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e52253bc-d505-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancial-serviceshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e52253bc-d505-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlThe move comes after the UK corner-shop payments processor said its Romanian operation, the group's first foray into European markets, would break even next yearFri, 20 Nov 2009 03:35:28 +0000