Banking Weekly

This week the banking team are joined by special guest, Patricia Jackson, partner and head of financial regulatory advice at Ernst & Young, to talk about Stephen Hester's decision to give up his bonus. They also discuss Mario Draghi being praised at the World Economic Forum in Davos, for making the ECB LTRO available, and how financial regulation might stymie the real economy. Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Patricia Jackson, Brooke Masters and Sharlene Goff. Produced by Amie Tsang

This week the banking team talk about France and Germany's efforts to get global bank capital requirements relaxed. They also discuss the Financial Service Authority pressure on banks to cut bonus pools to reflect huge losses triggered by mis-sold loan insurance, and the reports on US bank earnings. Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Brooke Masters and Megan Murphy. Produced by Amie Tsang

This week the banking team discusses the increased pressure on bankers to limit their bonuses after António Horta-Osório waives his entitlement to a bonus for last year. They also take a look at the Financial Stability Board's plans to restructure the financial services industry and the deadlock in negotiations over the size of the losses to be taken by banks and bondholders. Presented by Sharlene Goff, with Megan Murphy and Brooke Masters. Produced by Amie Tsang

This week the banking team discuss what looks to be the most contentious bonus round since the financial crisis, the latest announcement from Basel about liquidity buffers and UniCredit's rights issue, which sent its shares tumbling. Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Brooke Masters. Produced by Amie Tsang

The banking team discuss the government response to Sir John Vickers' report, the questions raised by a series of cases against former members of the "Asia II" wealth management desk at UBS and the announcement that António Horta-Osório, chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, will be returning in January. Presented by Brooke Masters,with Sharlene Goff and Megan Murphy. Produced by Amie Tsang

Patrick Jenkins, Sharlene Goff and Megan Murphy discuss the FSA’s long-awaited report into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland, the European Banking Authority’s latest stress test results, and at what the UK’s EU treaty veto really means for the City of London.

Bankers' bonuses are still a contentious issue, causing a furore even among shareholders. Also this week, banks are struggling to borrow from other banks and HSBC is hit with the UK’s largest ever retail fine of £10.5m for mis-selling care bonds.

Ahead of George Osborne's autumn statement, the Banking Weekly team discuss his plans for the government to underwrite loans for small and medium sized companies. Also this week, European banks face a struggle to raise capital to meet the new nine per cent core tier 1 capital ratio put forward by banking authorities. Presented by Brooke Masters, with Patrick Jenkins, Sharlene Goff and Tracy Alloway. Produced by Emily Cadman

The management turmoil at Lloyds after high-profile hire Nathan Bostock, who was due to take charge of the bank’s wholesale division decided to stay on at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Also this week, the banking team take a look at nationalised lender Northern Rock’s return to the private sector and new UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti’s decision to cut some of UBS’s bonus pool in order to recoup some of the money lost in the alleged rogue trading scandal.

Risk-weighted assets and how banks are trying to optimise their risk weightings. How banks account for the valuation of their own debt, which has been a big boost for to some banks’ quarterly profits. Also: Italy and how banks are coping with the eurozone crisis.

In this week’s show: Lloyd’s faces a vacuum at the top as its chief executive takes a leave of absence on medical grounds, MF Global’s collapse has worrying echoes of Lehman Brothers and are bankers fulfilling their role in society? Presented by Megan Murphy, with Sharlene Goff. Produced by Amie Tsang.

In this week’s show: what Barclays results signify for the rest of the UK banking sector, now that investors have seen the details, how are the markets reacting to the eurozone rescue package, and how are regulators going to monitor shadow banking? Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Brooke Masters and Sharlene Goff. Produced by Emily Cadman.

In this week’s show: The lacklustre interest in Lloyds branch portfolio from the private sector, what third-quarter investment bank results tell us about the health of the sector, and the options for recapitalising Europe’s banks. Presented by Megan Murphy with Sharlene Goff. Produced by Emily Cadman.

In this week’s show: prospects for a renegotiation of the private sector’s role in bailing out Greece, the bidding process for Northern Rock and what JPMorgan’s results signify for the wider investment banking sector. Presented by Brooke Masters, with Megan Murphy and Sharlene Goff. Produced by Emily Cadman

In this week's show: why Slovakia could yet throw a spanner in the works of plans to expand the eurozone’s bail-out fund, the European Financial Stability Facility or EFSF, and why the Basel committee are determined to press ahead with plans to force banks to hold more liquid assets, despite lobbying to the contrary. Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Megan Murphy. Produced by Emily Cadman