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Russian bank raised millions in Irish shadow banking

  Bloomberg With the management and shareholders of one of Russia’s biggest regional lenders deep in unsuccessful talks with the central bank about how to save it from collapse last November, an obscure company in Dublin sold $60 million of bonds on its behalf. The amount wasn’t nearly enough to cover the estimated 97 billion ruble ($1.6 billion) hole in ...

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‘Fixing fake accounts will take more time’

  NEW YORK / AP Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan said the company could need several more months to resolve customer damage tied to its massive sales practices scandal, such as figuring out if people had trouble getting approved for other loans because of the fake accounts bank employees opened. Sloan reiterated what he has said since becoming CEO in ...

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Goldman Sachs cuts Lloyd’s pay to $22mn for 2016

  Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reduced chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein’s annual compensation 27%, awarding him $22 million for 2016 after eliminating a long-term incentive award. Blankfein, 62, received $16 million in performance shares and a $4 million cash bonus, in addition to his $2 million salary, the New York-based firm said Friday in its annual proxy filing. Unlike ...

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