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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 by the London Press Club in 2020, and in 2021 won a Society of American Business Editors and Writers award. His book on the Woodford scandal, Built on a Lie, was published by Penguin in spring 2021. His first book, Barbarians in the Boardroom, covered the rise of activist investors and was published in 2016.

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    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      European banks
      Spain’s biggest banks prepare to challenge windfall tax

      Lenders say they will make the first payment due next month but are ready for legal action

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      European banks
      French banks set to lose out on rising rates due to loan repricing rules

      Bumper profits expected across Europe but local conditions in France are limiting its lenders

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Microsoft cloud business holds up

      Qatar doubles its stake in Credit Suisse to become second- largest shareholder

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Qatar Investment Authority doubles stake in Credit Suisse

      Move comes as two big US investors sell down their shares in the Swiss lender

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      A Latin American common currency?

      Western banks struggle to exit Russia

    • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
      Financial job losses
      Banks prepare for deepest job cuts since the financial crisis

      Firings expected to be ‘super brutal’, with Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley already laying off staff

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      UBS Group AG
      UBS to raid boutique banks for M&A dealmakers

      Swiss lender’s hiring plans in stark contrast to rivals cutting thousands of jobs

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      US-China relations
      US’s Yellen and China’s Liu seek to ease concerns over economic tensions

      Beijing and Washington try to counter fears with first meeting of two most senior economic officials in three years

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      European banks
      Western banks struggle to exit Russia after Putin intervention

      Advisers warn that Kremlin favourites could hijack sales of subsidiaries

    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse set to cut 10% of European investment bankers

      Swiss lender steps up wave of job cuts as it prepares to announce second consecutive annual loss

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      Citigroup Inc
      Citi profits drop as investment banking slowdown outweighs trading boom

      Net interest income up 23% from a year ago as Federal Reserve raises rates

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      UK banks
      BoE criticises UK banks’ risk management systems

      Central bank’s regulatory arm sets out priorities for 2023 in letters to chief executives

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse launches lawsuit against Zurich finance blog

      Swiss bank calls for removal of parts of articles published by Inside Paradeplatz since July 27

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Greensill Capital
      Credit Suisse financed Greensill’s plan to set up insurance firm

      Swiss bank provided a $140mn loan just five months before the company collapsed

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse accepted suspicious invoices for $140mn Greensill loan

      Companies listed on bills tell the FT they did not do the stated business

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      UK financial regulation
      City tells UK ministers to speed up financial services reforms

      Applause for ‘thoughtful Darwinian evolution’ but package needed to keep pace with rivals

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Santander UK PLC
      Santander UK fined £108mn for anti-money laundering failures

      Bank’s poor management created ‘prolonged and severe risk’ of financial crime, says regulator

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Societe Generale
      SocGen bets big on equity research with AllianceBernstein deal

      Joint venture underlines the deepening challenge facing both the US asset manager and French bank

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
      Credit Suisse’s last chance

      The FT’s Owen Walker explains how the Swiss bank is trying to make a comeback after years of scandals and losses — and what might happen if it fails

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse agrees deal to use First Boston brand on spun-off arm

      Plan back on track to put historic name on restructured capital markets and advisory business after trademark dispute

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      European banks
      Eurozone bank lending predicted to fall for first time since 2014

      EY expects it will be harder for cash-strapped companies to borrow next year

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      UniCredit SpA
      UniCredit seeks pay increase for Andrea Orcel to keep CEO happy

      Italian bank head previously sued Santander over remuneration dispute

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse chair says outflows have reversed since ‘social media storm’

      Axel Lehmann expresses confidence that ‘money will come back over time’

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC chief denies Beijing is behind Ping An push to split bank

      Noel Quinn tells FT’s Global Banking Summit that Chinese insurer’s demands not backed by other shareholders

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      UBS Group AG
      UBS chair rules out more US acquisitions after aborted Wealthfront deal

      Colm Kelleher says the Swiss bank can grow in the US by focusing on very wealthy clients

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