Banking report, China funds and NS&I

The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year, but it's also the most expensive. Between gifts, food and travel, people can end up spending a lot of money this year. The Financial Times' Marc Filippino talks with Claer about why people are feeling the pinch this seaso ...  Show more

It’s been a rollercoaster week for both UK politics and our personal finances, with chancellor Rachel Reeves setting out tens of billions of pounds of tax rises in the Budget. But how will these new taxes be applied and what could they cost you? In a podcast recorded live at the ...  Show more

An old-fashioned bank run has caused American regulators to intervene <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/03/13/americas-government-steps-in-to-protect-depositors-at-silicon-valley-bank?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintel ...

An old-fashioned bank run has caused American regulators to intervene <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/03/13/americas-government-steps-in-to-protect-depositors-at-silicon-valley-bank?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintel ...

Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the surge in non-performing loans in the Chinese banking sector, a new landscape for investment banking and fresh developments in the takeover battle for Portugal's Novo Banco. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

The CSI 300, which tracks the largest publicly traded companies in China, just fell to pre-pandemic lows, despite aggressive attempts by President Xi Jinping to prop up the market. The drags on equities include slowing growth, a crisis in the property market and notable geopol ...