Financial Regulatory Forum

ING breakup spurs investor concern over state-aided banks

The headquarters of Dutch bank and insurance group ING is pictured in Amsterdam in this file photo taken February 29, 2008. Dutch financial group ING will take a 2008 loss of 1 billion euros and will tap into a Dutch state guarantee for its troubled loan portfolio, it said on January 26, 2009, adding its Chief Executive Michel Tilmant will step down. Picture taken February 29, 2008. REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters/United Photos/Files    (NETHERLANDS)    By Kirstin Ridley and Steve Slater
LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Investors are shunning European bank shares after an EU-imposed break-up and retrenchment of Dutch ING Groep sparked fears Belgium’s KBC and UK peers face tougher-than-expected sanctions in return for state aid.

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EU break-up threat looms over Britain’s Lloyds

A pedestrian passes the head office of the Lloyds Banking Group in central London August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth By Clara Ferreira-Marques
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Lloyds Banking Group, Britain’s largest retail bank, faces an uncertain future as the EU considers whether to force a carve-up of its current structure and the sale of its Halifax unit, analysts said.

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EU to review bonuses at state-aided banks – competition regulator

European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes speaks during a news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels July 8,2009. BRUSSELS, Sept 11 (Reuters) – European Union competition regulators are set to take a closer look at bonuses at state-aided banks, the EU’s antitrust chief said on Friday.
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