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  • Weekly Overview w/c 16th August 2010
    23 August 2010

    Growth will not be sacrificed, according to the Government ahead of announcements on spending cuts. Going forward, the emphasis for Government spending will be to areas with the greatest economic advantage. More

  • Weekly Overview w/c 2nd August 2010
    09 August 2010

    The holiday season has got underway and the markets have settled down to what will probably be a sedate summer lull. Lloyds have reported a return to profit, as a result of lower provisioning for bad loans and ‘bad’ Northern Rock has similarly reported a return to profit. More

  • Weekly Overview w/c 26th July 2010
    04 August 2010

    The week started with a forensic analysis of the Bank’s sector following the stress test undertaken of European banks. I do not wish to bore you all with a detailed breakdown of the results largely because there doesn’t seem to be any earth shattering conclusions. Most banks need to rebuild equity or restructure their operations either immediately or over time in order to rebuild their Tier 1 ratios. More

  • Weekly Overview w/c 19th July 2010
    26 July 2010

    Farnborough set the week off to a good start with orders coming through larger than expected. Boeing pipped Airbus on Monday with a larger than expected order for their 777 and the Dreamliner, the 787 made an appearance for the first time on the day before the show. More

  • Weekly Overview w/c 5th July 2010
    12 July 2010

    The week started with a holiday in the US, Independence Day, but nobody was minded to take the lead in the States absence, resulting in a very dull start to the week with exceptionally low volumes. More

  • Weekly Overview 28th June 2010
    05 July 2010

    G20 met over the weekend of the 26th / 27th June and have agreed that something needs to be done quite quickly. Each G20 member has stated their commitment to halving the deficits within three years. Whilst agreeing that banks need to build up capital and liquidity the members have fallen short of imposing a banking levy across the board. More

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