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Owen Walker

European banking correspondent

Owen covers European banks, primarily Swiss, French, Italian, Spanish and Benelux lenders. He was previously asset management correspondent and his reporting on Neil Woodford's downfall contributed to the FT winning business and finance team of the year at the 2019 Society of Editors' Press Awards. Owen was named joint business journalist of the year at the London Press Club awards 2020. His book on the Woodford scandal will be published by Penguin in spring 2021. His first book, Barbarians in the Boardroom, covered activist investors and was published in 2016.

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  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    European banks
    European bank dealmaking raises hopes for cross-border M&A

    Average size of tie-ups between continent’s lenders hits highest level since 2008

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    News in-depthLondon fights for its future
    Amsterdam vies for IPO spotlight as Brexit dents London’s allure

    InPost’s plans for Dutch listing underscore mounting competition to UK as trading hub

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    UniCredit SpA
    UniCredit sounds out Orcel and Thiam as next chief executive

    Italian lender’s board to decide on replacement for Jean Pierre Mustier within next four weeks

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Brexit
    City of London stumbles through first week of Brexit

    Deal struck with EU largely excluded financial services, with consequences for firms

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    News in-depthEuropean banks
    European banks struggle to crack US retail market

    Lenders squeezed out as American rivals double down on domestic operations

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    Admiral Group PLC
    Admiral to sell Confused.com to Zoopla in £508m deal

    Price comparison division of property group will acquire 3 portals from FTSE 100 insurer and Spanish co-owner

  • Saturday, 26 December, 2020
    European banks
    Europe’s banks fear investor flight after dividend bans

    Lenders are verging on uninvestable, making it harder to raise capital in the future

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse chief vows a ‘clean slate’ in 2021

    Thomas Gottstein seeks to move on from a year that began with corporate spying scandal and was punctuated by legacy issues

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    European banks
    Switzerland charges Credit Suisse in money laundering case

    Bank responds with ‘astonishment’ and pledges to ‘defend itself vigorously’

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  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse to focus on boosting wealth management profits

    Chief Thomas Gottstein outlines priorities for next three years

  • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
    FT SeriesFuture of the City 
    Finance jobs stayed in London after Brexit vote

    Exclusive: FT survey of banks and asset managers finds employment shift to EU is yet to happen

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    UK banks
    Regulator allows UK banks to restart dividends

    PRA sets out guidelines for how much lenders can pay out after curbs imposed in early stages of pandemic

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    UBS Group AG
    UBS backs chief as court triggers probe into his role in ING money-laundering scandal

    Swiss lender says it has ‘full confidence’ in Ralph Hamers

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Mark Sedwill
    Mark Sedwill to join investment bank Rothschild & Co

    Britain’s former top civil servant in first significant private sector appointment since departure from Whitehall

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    News in-depthJean Pierre Mustier
    Why UniCredit’s Jean Pierre Mustier fell on his sword

    The internationally-minded chief executive clashed with the bank’s Italian board

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Brexit
    UBS chairman backs London to remain Europe’s top financial centre

    Axel Weber says fragmented regulatory regimes means continent has no viable challenger

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse picks António Horta-Osório as chairman

    Appointment of outgoing Lloyds Bank chief comes as Swiss lender reveals potential $680m losses from US civil suit

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    ABN Amro
    ABN Amro to cut 2,500 jobs as it seeks to ‘future proof’ bank

    Dutch lender braces for sustained period of low or negative interest rates

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Standard Life Aberdeen PLC
    Standard Life Aberdeen to offload Parmenion advisory arm

    New CEO Stephen Bird begins reshaping FTSE 100 investment group

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Private equity
    AA’s biggest shareholder rejects ‘derisory’ private equity offer

    Albert Bridge Capital says £219m bid ‘fundamentally undervalues’ UK roadside recovery group

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    European banks
    Spanish banks seek firmer footing with round of mergers

    Economic pressures in the country are among the fiercest in the eurozone

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Virgin Money PLC
    Virgin Money profits hit by £500m of provisions

    UK bank warns of vulnerability to economic effects of multiple lockdowns

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse set to take $450m hit as hedge fund York Capital retreats

    US alternative investment group’s move comes after lacklustre returns in some of its strategies

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Co-operative Bank
    Co-op Bank receives offer from Cerberus

    Struggling UK lender approached by US private equity firm shortly after arrival of new CEO

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    BNP Paribas SA
    BNP Paribas faces anti-corruption questions over Deutsche prime brokerage deal

    French watchdog queried payment made to business of ex-Goldman Sachs dealmaker

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