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Owen Walker

European banking correspondent

Owen covers European banks, primarily Swiss, French, Italian, Spanish and Benelux lenders. He was previously asset management correspondent and his reporting on Neil Woodford's downfall contributed to the FT winning business and finance team of the year at the 2019 Society of Editors' Press Awards. Owen was named joint business journalist of the year at the London Press Club awards 2020. His book on the Woodford scandal will be published by Penguin in spring 2021. His first book, Barbarians in the Boardroom, covered activist investors and was published in 2016.

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  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    UK property
    UBS sublets London office ‘grey space’ as more staff work from home

    Swiss bank has allowed two-thirds of 73,000 global employees to work flexibly permanently

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    European Central Bank
    ECB to discuss blocking banks from multibillion-euro windfall as rates rise

    Governing council to discuss potential bonanza for lenders from ultra-cheap pandemic loans

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    EY
    EY wins share of BNP audit amid break-up planning

    The Big Four firm will share the audit of the French bank with rival Deloitte

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    Can crypto contagion infect mainstream finance?

    Most regulators and industry heavyweights believe banks and asset managers are protected

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse ready for ‘good risk opportunities’, says new risk chief

    Swiss bank moves away from cautious approach to pursue more profitable business

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Europe’s Spacs scramble for targets as market hit by hangover

    The region’s largest blank-cheque vehicle Pegasus Europe is among those seeking a company to merge with

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse found guilty over Bulgarian drug money failings

    Bank ignored signs of criminality including suitcases of cash, Switzerland’s top criminal court rules

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    UBS Group AG
    UBS courts US investment heavyweights to boost valuation

    Executives want to convince investors it is a global bank, not a European institution

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse agrees deal with mining group over Greensill debt

    Swiss bank to start recouping part of $690mn Bluestone Resources owes lender’s clients

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Fund manager files lawsuit against Credit Suisse over Vatican property deal

    Raffaele Mincione faces criminal proceedings for his role in purchase of London building

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    UK financial regulation
    UK payment regulator to probe post-Brexit card charges

    Watchdog says Visa and Mastercard have increased cross-border transaction fees fivefold

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    Banks
    Bankers’ beach holidays threatened by market turmoil

    Financiers suffering lacklustre first half performance are poised to cancel summer plans in bid to claw back business

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    ABN Amro
    BNP Paribas approached Dutch government about ABN Amro acquisition

    Deal would be first major move in long-expected wave of consolidation across Europe’s banking sector

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Deutsche Bank AG
    Deutsche Bank installs app on bankers’ phones to track private messages

    Movius software to monitor calls and texts following widespread regulatory probes of inappropriate contact

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC dismisses trader over personal messages to client

    Banker is latest to lose job in crackdown on private messaging

  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    UK regulator puts Credit Suisse on watchlist after scandals

    Financial Conduct Authority is concerned the lender has not done enough to improve its culture after a series of crises

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    State Street knocks down Credit Suisse takeover rumours

    Companies deny news report that US custody bank is in talks to acquire troubled Zurich-based lender

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Spac boom dies as wary investors retreat

    Rising interest rates and the prospect of tougher regulation have deepened the challenges facing the market

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Greensill Capital
    Taxpayers face losses on loan to Lex Greensill’s neighbour

    British Business Bank opens fresh investigation into alleged abuse of Covid lending schemes

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse issues third profit warning this year

    Swiss lender predicts second-quarter loss as investment bank hit by market volatility and Ukraine war

  • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
    IPOs
    Value of US and European IPOs tumbles 90% this year

    First-quarter drought extends into second quarter as Ukraine war and volatility deter companies from listing

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    News in-depthDWS Group
    Deutsche banker takes over asset manager in the eye of an ESG storm

    Stefan Hoops catapulted into centre of Germany’s latest corporate scandal

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    EU financial regulation
    BNP Paribas to benefit from change to eurozone exposure rules

    BIS capital reform a step towards harmonising regulations and cross-border mergers

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    DWS Group
    German police raid DWS and Deutsche Bank over greenwashing allegations

    Asset manager accused of misleading investors about ESG factors in its financial products

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    News in-depthESG investing
    Asset managers divided by HSBC executive’s climate criticism

    Stuart Kirk’s speech has won plaudits for prompting debate, but drawn criticism for downplaying risks

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