Identity Crisis! 
I bring you startling news, hot-foot from a recent press briefing to launch the report by the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee into the future of bank supervision and regulation, (yes, it is excitement unbounded at the editorial cutting edge of FX&MM!). Meandering thence in the morning sunshine of Parliament Square, en-route to the Palace of Westminster, I became aware of a white van slowing down and drawing level alongside me, at which point the driver's mate leaned out of the open passenger window and shouted directly at me to "...GIVE IT BACK..."! These weren't quite his exact words . . . >> read more
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Triparte System of Regulation 'Not to Blame'  Speaking to reporters ahead of a keynote speech in the City of London, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, says he does not plan fundamental reform of the way domestic financial institutions . . .
______________________________________ £8.2bn BlackRock / Barclays Deal 
Barclays has agreed to sell its fund management division, Barclays Global Investors (BGI), to US money management firm Blackrock for £8.2bn. BlackRock is paying a mixture of cash and shares in a deal that will... ______________________________________ Lloyds £2.3bn Bailout Repayment  Lloyds Banking Group is set to become the first lender in Europe to return bailout money to the taxpayer. The repayment, expected to be in the region of £2.3 billion, is being . . .
______________________________________ No Moving Over For Darling As Gordon Brown embarks on a round of cabinet reshuffling, brought forward in the wake of open dissent from ministers and bad results in the English local elections, Alistair Darling is to stay as Chancellor of the Exchequer . . . ______________________________________ Banking Regulation System 'Failed' 
Leveling fresh criticism at the way banks were supervised by the Treasury, Bank of England and Financial Services Authority, a report published by the influential House of Lords . . . ______________________________________
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