Lloyds Banking Group: the new Enron?
Lloyds Banking Group has been given the go-ahead to proceed with a £13.5bn rights issue as part of a wider […]
October 2009
Mervyn King berates recidivist Scottish bankers
It was fitting that Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, chose Edinburgh to deliver an attack on bankers
Moulton: When bankers threw ethics out the window
Private equity boss Jon Moulton, who quit Alchemy Partners amid some controversy last month, has provided a unique insight into
McFall’s committee ‘ignored the FSA’s complicity in crisis’
How effective has the Treasury Select Committee, chaired by John McFall MP for the past ten years, been in holding
Eastern promise
A new era has dwned from financial services, in which the Gulf financial centres are well placed to demonstrate their
Managing risk the Goldman Sachs way
It is wrong to blame fair-value accounting, also known as mark-to-market accounting, for causing the financial crisis that last year
The spectre of protectionism
Protectionism has become the “crack cocaine” of modern politics and anti-globalization forces have been emboldened by the global downturn, according
The sovereign wealth funds’ dilemma
Transparency has turned out to be a doubled-edged sword for the world’s $3 trillion sovereign wealth sector. Analysts suggest that
Rajat Kumar Gupta: Recovery may prove illusory
There is a danger that central bankers including Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank and Ben Bernanke of the
Why there will be another crisis
Another crisis is more than just possible Morality and business ethics were on the agenda at the closing session of