Barclays

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

Barclays has been dragged into the scandal surrounding Liberty Reserve, a US cash-transfer business accused of running the biggest money-laundering operation in American history.

Barclays' Q1 adjusted pre-tax profit has dropped 25% to £1.8bn after the bank took a £500m hit over its restructuring programme.

Bond managers have been steadily increasing the use of credit default swaps (CDS) in their portfolios as liquidity issues which emerged in the corporate bond space last year continue to plague the sector.

Barclays' investment banking chief Rich Ricci and wealth management head Tom Kalaris are to retire as the company restructures its senior management team.

Ashok Vaswani, chief executive of retail and business at Barclays, has admitted that 2012 was a "very difficult year" for the bank, and said the decision to release details of staff's £38.5m bonus details on Budget day was a "mistake" but claimed it was...

Barclays has been named as the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) most complained about firm for the second half of last year.

Japan's currency has fallen to its lowest level against the US dollar since May 2009, as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) shifts to a more radical monetary easing policy.

Barclays reputation was hit when it refused to comply with the spirit of financial regulation and by allowing a group of elite investment bankers to "lose a sense of proportionality and humility", a report has found.

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