The senior regulator who will be in charge of supervising banks has warned that institutions will still be allowed to fail, despite more rigorous oversight of the businesses under the new regime.
UK dividend payments hit another record high in Q3 2012, the latest figures from Capita have revealed, although the mood was soured somewhat as it warned it will be "much harder" to make progress in 2013.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) "should and could" have intervened in the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS's) ill-fated acquisition of ABN Amro, a damning report by the Treasury Committee concludes.
Jupiter Fund Management reported a £1.6bn increase in assets under management for the third quarter, supported by flows into more cautious funds such as Merlin Income, Strategic Bond and Global Convertibles.
A new paper, 'Buffett's Alpha', claims to have identified the main factors that have driven Warren Buffett's extraordinary record in investment.