
Steve Slater
Associate Editor at International Financing Review (IFR)
Associate editor at IFR, part of LSEG, covering banking and capital markets. Long suffering West Ham fan.
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1 week ago |
zawya.com | Steve Slater |Christopher Spink
The first-quarter boom in trading revenues for banks continued and even accelerated during April, but the tariff fight and market volatility that has fuelled that bonanza is also prompting banks to warn of potential hits to other revenues and a rise in bad loans.
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2 weeks ago |
zawya.com | Suzannah Benjamin |Steve Slater
HSBCsaid its revenues could be reduced by “low single-digit” percent and it could take an extra US$500m hit from bad loans due to the impact of substantially higher tariffs and reduced trade, following the tariff war sparked by US president Donald Trump. HSBC CEO Georges Elhedery said that estimate was based on a range of “adverse but plausible downside scenarios” from the impact of significantly higher tariffs.
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2 weeks ago |
ifre.com | Steve Slater |Owen Wild
It has been a 17-year slog but the UK taxpayer next month is set to finally cease to be a shareholder of NatWest Group. It is seen as a landmark event for the bank and government after an often rocky ride since the rescue of the then Royal Bank of Scotland and a tortuously slow exit. Longevity is not positively correlated to returns, with the UK taxpayer set to make a loss of about £10.4bn on the process, according to IFR calculations, in stark contrast to some government bailouts.
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3 weeks ago |
ifre.com | Steve Slater
Equities People & Markets ESGEurope’s defence industry is emerging as a rare hotspot for dealmaking activity as strong revenue prospects encourage companies to consider acquisitions, alliances, listings or fundraisings, although bankers said that while the pipeline of deals is long, it might be slow moving.
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3 weeks ago |
ifre.com | Steve Slater
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