The Commonwealth Bank has posted a record half-year cash profit as net interest margins rise, so SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with CEO Matt Comyn for more, including his take on whether enough is being done for savers; plus a one-on-one with Cochlear CEO Dig Howitt, and the latest on the sharemarket with James Gerrish from Shaw and Partners.
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Study says the burning of fossil fuels responsible for 1,500 deaths
A landmark study from Imperial College London has attributed 1,500 deaths during last week’s European heatwave directly to human-induced climate change. It's the first rapid attribution study to go beyond linking climate change to weather events, and instead ties it directly to h ... Show More
6m 35s
Oct 2019
HSBC and UBS restructure, Lloyds slips up
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the latest restructuring plans at HSBC and UBS, and the embarrassing mishandling of wills at Lloyds Bank. With special guest Eric Moore, fund manager at the UK's Miton Income Fund.
Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, David Crow, ban ... Show More
13m 36s
Oct 2023
Microsoft, Farage and the IMF
As the UK competition watchdog gives the green light for Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard, Ian King is joined by the CMA chief executive, Sarah Cardell.
Sky's Economics and Data Editor Ed Conway speaks with the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as he attends the IMF-World Bank meeting i ... Show More
20m 45s
Oct 2018
BofA loses market share, RBS rebuilds trust and Barclays launches US digital service
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss Bank of America's struggling M&A franchise, the Royal Bank of Scotland's recovery ten years after it was bailed out by the British government, and Barclays' decision to get into online banking in the US.
Contrubutors: Patrick Jenkins, financial ... Show More
16m 32s
Mar 2019
Financials: Bank Raises, Conglomerates, and LivePerson’s CEO Drops By
In the latest installment of our Between Two Fools interview series, Industry Focus: Financials host Jason Moser sits down with LivePerson (NYSE: LPSN) CEO Rob LoCascio. Plus, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) CEO Tim Sloan just got a $1 million raise – did he deserve it? And, why does con ... Show More
41m 41s
Sep 2019
UK mortgage market, Indian banks and UBS leadership
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the outlook for the UK mortgage market, the reform of India's state-owned banks and leadership changes at UBS. With special guest Darren Cook, Mortgage Analytics Manager at Moneyfacts.
Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nicholas Me ... Show More
17 m
Feb 2019
Deutsche Bank's funding round, M&A in US banking and Lloyds's wealth management move
Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss what Deutsche Bank's latest funding round says about the broader bank financing market, the BB&T and SunTrust merger in the US and whether it heralds a new phase of M&A in US banking, and why Lloyds in the UK is hiring 700 new financial advisers ... Show More
18 m