Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said it is time to look at clawing back the overall pay of bankers in the event of wrong-doing. . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30080920

Authorities in Brussels have charged HSBC’s private banking arm, which is based in Switzerland, with helping wealthy Belgians to avoid taxes. . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30078275

Banks suspected of rigging the $5.3 trillion-a-day currency market are preparing to reach settlements as early as this week with the main U.S. derivatives regulator, according to a person with knowledge of the cases. . . 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-11/banks-said-poised-to-settle-with-cftc-in-fx-rigging-cases.html

A few corners of Wall Street are expecting big bonuses, but for most of the industry it is likely to be a disappointing year. . .

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/wall-streets-bonus-season-not-likely-to-be-filled-with-joy-survey-finds/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog&_r=2

Germany is home to Europe’s best-paid bank CEO, according to a ranking that shows little correlation between executive pay and shareholder returns. . .

http://www.bis.org/bcbs/publ/d296.htm

The Financial Stability Board is proposing a new minimum standard for total loss-absorbing capacity, which is designed to provide confidence that systemically important global banks can absorb losses without upsetting financial stability and the wider economy.

http://www.bankingtech.com/262071/fsb-too-big-to-fail-proposals-welcomed-by-industry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fsb-too-big-to-fail-proposals-welcomed-by-industry

New global rules to prevent banks that are “too big to fail” from being bailed out by taxpayers have been proposed. . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29982181

It was an everyday kind of quarter for HSBC: superficially healthy earnings were undermined by a $1.6bn charge to cover a long list of fines, provisions and compensation bills. By way of variation on a theme, there was news of a possible criminal investigation over tax matters in France. . .

http://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2014/nov/03/nils-pratley-business-hsbc-standard-chartered-ryanair

Royal Bank of Scotland is ditching the auditors that reviewed its accounts before, during and after its £45bn taxpayer bailout. . .

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/11/04/rbs-ditches-auditors-deloitte-after-45bn-taxpayer-bailout/

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/Records/fpc/2014/141031.aspx