UK admits defeat on bonus cap, insider trading probe at BNP Paribas and a torrid week for RBS

UK admits defeat on bonus cap, insider trading probe at BNP Paribas and a torrid week for RBS

Author: Financial Times November 24, 2014 Duration: 10:17
Patrick Jenkins is joined by Sam Fleming, Emma Dunkley and Michael Stothard to discuss the UK decision to drop its challenge to the EU bonus cap, the latest developments at BNP Paribas, where top executives are being investigated for alleged insider trading, and a torrid week for RBS which was fined for an IT systems failure and revealed it got its figures wrong in the recent stress tests

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