Patrick Jenkins

Monday, 18 December, 2023

Inside BusinessFinancial literacy

Why financial literacy deserves your charity

Research has shown the wide-ranging societal benefits that go hand in hand with better understanding of finance matters

Monday, 4 December, 2023

UK companies

How to deal with Europe’s zombie banks

Some 73 per cent of the region’s banks are trading below book value

Monday, 20 November, 2023

Inside BusinessContingent convertible bonds

AT1 rush shows bank investors have short memories

UBS issue of capital instrument generates hotcake exuberance just months after Credit Suisse wipeout

Monday, 6 November, 2023

Inside BusinessFintech

Why crypto is a poor relation of digital payments

Real-world use will still be the main driver of growth

Monday, 23 October, 2023

Inside BusinessWealth management

Why wealth managers are targeting a shrinking market

The big banks are ploughing on with expansion into the sector despite likely near-term setbacks

Sunday, 15 October, 2023

InterviewArtificial intelligence

Gary Gensler urges regulators to tame AI risks to financial stability

SEC head warns reliance on a few data models could unleash a financial crisis within a decade

Monday, 9 October, 2023

Inside BusinessManagement

Goldman Sachs and the lessons for co-CEOs

One Harvard Business Review study suggests the average company run by co-leaders outperforms

Monday, 25 September, 2023

Inside BusinessSociété Générale

Rogue traders, lower profits and investor-day flops

Reaction to SocGen presentation might have been downbeat but such events foster strategic focus and transparency

Monday, 11 September, 2023

Inside BusinessGlobal Economy

No more exceptionalism for US banks in China

End of an era with foreign lenders no longer immune to the growing tensions between Beijing and the west

Monday, 28 August, 2023

Inside BusinessIndian business & finance

India’s digital finance moonshot

CBDC project aims to extend its position at the vanguard of financial innovation

Monday, 14 August, 2023

Inside BusinessUK banks

Why Sunak was wrong to back Farage over NatWest

Political interference will prove to be a recurrent risk of state ownership post-bailout

Monday, 17 July, 2023

Inside BusinessUK banks

Why it’s dangerous to assume banks are profiteering

A minimally profitable banking system is unlikely to prove convincingly robust

Tuesday, 4 July, 2023

Inside BusinessFrench politics

Macron’s wooing of bankers risks adding to societal tensions

The expansion of France’s financial sector magnifies the gulf between the haves and have-nots

Monday, 19 June, 2023

Inside BusinessCrispin Odey

Odey’s collapse is only partial justice

Founder of firm still walking away with spoils of investing career made while allegedly abusing employees along the way

Wednesday, 14 June, 2023

InterviewFrench economy

Le Maire pledges to put France’s finances back on track with spending cuts

Commitments come after economy narrowly avoids ratings downgrade

Monday, 5 June, 2023

Inside BusinessPensions

Can UK pensions lifeboat come to rescue of equities?

Reform of the system is vital but there are pros and cons to the idea of retooling the PPF

Monday, 22 May, 2023

Inside BusinessFinancial literacy

Banks must not be allowed to use financial exclusion as a route to profit

Increasing numbers of people are being frozen out of the formal financial system

Friday, 19 May, 2023

Personal Finance

NatWest: mass free share offer could revive UK stock ownership culture

The government could finally sell out and the stock market could get a welcome boost

Monday, 8 May, 2023

Inside BusinessUS banks

The fast-growing kingdom of Jamie Dimon

The question now is whether JPMorgan is too big for its own good

Thursday, 27 April, 2023

ObituaryWinfried Bischoff

Win Bischoff, banker, 1941-2023

One of the great City characters, he righted both Citigroup and Lloyds during his six-decade career

Monday, 17 April, 2023

Inside BusinessFinancial & markets regulation

Deposit insurance is key to the confidence trick of banking

Reforms to guarantee schemes in UK and US are essential to avoid a deeper crisis

Sunday, 16 April, 2023

UK financial regulation

Bank of England considers major reform of deposit guarantee scheme

UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme faces review after failure of Silicon Valley Bank

Monday, 27 March, 2023

Inside BusinessCredit Suisse Group AG

Credit Suisse’s demise: a new twist on the ‘Swiss finish’

The bank’s fall has profoundly damaged Switzerland’s reputation in investment banking, wealth management and regulation

Friday, 17 March, 2023

Banks

Are banks on the edge of another 2008-style precipice?

Bearish nerves seem to be winning right now — despite good reasons to hope not

Friday, 17 March, 2023

ReviewBusiness books

Blue Blood — inside the house of Cazenove

Robert Pickering’s book is a fascinating account of the triumphs and travails of a storied financial institution

Patrick Jenkins

Deputy editor

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