Credit Suisse

Follows string of appointments

What made financial headlines over the weekend?

Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse reach settlement deals

Prudential chief executive Tidjane Thiam was awarded a £11.8m pay package for his final year as head of the insurer.

The FTSE 100 index fell sharply on Tuesday in its worst day of 2015 so far, as energy stocks plummeted on the back of further falls in the oil price.

Insurer Prudential's chief executive Tidjane Thiam is to replace Brady Dougan at the helm of Swiss bank Credit Suisse.

Three prominent London Business School academics have calculated the FTSE 100 has a 50% chance of hitting the 10,000 level by 2022, following its recent record-breaking performance.

Media tycoon Richard Desmond has agreed to settle his £42m court case against Credit Suisse and GLG, accepting a significant settlement figure, according to reports.

A New York court has fined a former UK-based Credit Suisse trader for his role in artificially inflating bond prices.

Credit Suisse is to pay fines of $2.6bn (£1.6bn) after pleading guilty to helping US clients evade tax.