Banking & Financial Services Desk
Sarah Williams
Sarah covers global banking — earnings, regulatory capital, M&A, and the systemic risk picture across US, UK and Asian banks. She tracks Tier 1 ratios, NIM trends, deposit flows, loan-loss provisioning cycles, and the implications of Fed/BoE/ECB rate decisions for the banking complex. Whenever a major bank reports earnings or a regulator issues a consultation paper on capital frameworks, the Banking & Finance desk produces the synthesis.
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Recent stories from this desk
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UOB Shares Plunge 5% After Q3 Earnings Miss S$1.38B Analyst Consensus as Rate-Tailwind Fades
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SBI Beats Q2 Profit Estimates on Credit Growth and One-Time Gain From Funds Management Unit Sale
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Watts Water Technologies Declares Quarterly Dividend Amid Strong Earnings Beat in Industrial Water Management
Watts Water Technologies declared its quarterly dividend while reporting a strong earnings beat in the latest quarter.
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Apple Beats Fiscal Q4 Estimates But Stock Falls in Extended After-Hours Trading
Apple exceeded Wall Street's fiscal Q4 earnings and revenue targets in after-market reporting
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