Barclays

Despite negative press, structured products still form part of many wealth manager portfolios. Joanna Faith looks into their appeal.

Barclays' new boss Antony Jenkins has vowed not to break up the bank by axing its investment banking operation.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

Barclay's former chief executive John Varley is at the centre of the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) latest investigation into the bank, the Sunday Telegraph reports.

Shares in Barclays fell in early trading as investors were once again forced to deal with another potential scandal at the bank, following confirmation the SFO is investigating deals it made during the credit crisis.

Today Barclays has been hit with another scandal which has been bubbling along in the background for some time, but with a new chief executive also arriving, do the bank's shares look attractive?

Barclays has appointed Antony Jenkins, its former head of retail and business banking, as its new boss.

Global asset allocators are urging investors to look past the VIX index's fall to a five-year low last week, and shield assets against a further bout of volatility in the coming months.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will be hit with greater fines than Barclays over the LIBOR-fixing scandal, a member of the Treasury select committee has claimed.

Former Barclays chief Bob Diamond has hit back at MPs' claims he was "highly selective" in his evidence to the Treasury Select Committee during the LIBOR rate-rigging scandal.