Barclays

Barclays has announced a £5.8bn rights issue to shore up its capital position as it reports another £2bn in mis-selling charges.

Barclays will be among a number of major banks this week to set aside further money to compensate customers mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) and interest rate swaps, according to reports.

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Barclays has been fined $453m (£300m) by US regulators for allegedly manipulating energy prices.

Barclays has named JP Morgan Chase chief financial officer Tushar Morzaria as group finance director.

Christina Sinclair, the acting director of retail at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is to leave the regulator and join Barclays.

Barclays is likely to be given until the end of 2015 to deal with a shortfall in its capital reserves identified by the new banking regulator.

The European Commission has accused 13 banks, including Barclays, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland, of colluding to hamper competition in the credit derivatives market.

Five major high street banks and building societies have agreed plans to plug an aggregate capital shortfall which at the beginning of the year stood at £27bn, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has announced.

Barclays' wealth division has closed its discretionary fund management service to advised clients with less than £250,000 of investable assets.