The UK banking industry's fate portends the economic climate

The Debate

This week's panel discusses growing dividend payments and the impact of increasingly acquisitive policies

Making up a fifth of the FTSE 100, just behind oil and gas, the banking sector is something of a bellwether for how the UK economy and consumers are faring. This week's Conjecture debate covers growing dividend payments among banking stocks and the impact of increasingly acquisitive policies among major players in the sector. Present were Job Curtis, manager of the City of London Investment Trust and Henderson UK Extra Income fund and Charles French, global industry analyst at Newton, specialising in financials. What did we learn from the reporting season in August about the UK banking se...