Barclays investigated over Qatari cash call, StanChart protest vote and Basel Committee on interest rate risks

Barclays investigated over Qatari cash call, StanChart protest vote and Basel Committee on interest rate risks

Author: Financial Times May 12, 2014 Duration: 11:17
Martin Arnold is joined by Daniel Schäfer for the latest at Barclays, which has shifted £400bn of assets out of its investment arm, and has come under scrutiny from the UK Serious Fraud Office over a 2008 cash call that saw Qatari investors paid fees equivalent to more than 7 per cent of the capital invested. Sharlene Goff takes a look at Standard Chartered, whose protest vote last week over pay proposals was the biggest of its kind this year. Finally, Sam Fleming has news that banks are bracing for a new fight over capital requirements as the Basel Committee moves to tighten regulations on risks linked to interest rate shocks

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