Dubai’s default should come as no surprise
Dubai’s default, expected in days, highlights the hubris of its developers and Emirate’s weak governance Why are people shocked that […]
November 2009
Scotland’s finance sector faces “lost decade” thanks to bank collapses, says Item Club
Item Club reveals extent of slump and says output won’t recover until 2015 Scotland’s finance sector has been condemned to
Stephen Hester: “RBS was the poster child of excess in the banking industry”
Stephen Hester, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has once again put the boot in to his predecessor
‘Big Four’ audit firms had a pivotal role in global financial crisis
Since the global financial crisis first erupted in the United States in July 2007, the group which has perhaps got
How Orwellian is modern Scotland?
How independent is Scotland’s justice system? Not very, according Ian Hamilton QC, who has written a powerful blog post on
Insolvency gravy train to hit buffers?
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the world of insolvency has become an unregulated free-for-all where it no longer seems to
Lloyds TSB chair Sir Victor Blank: “I think we’re creating a Great British bank”
Was Lloyds TSB kept in the dark about the parlous state of HBOS’s corporate loan book? Should Lloyds TSB have
The unanswered questions around the emergency HBOS cash call
Just four months before its humiliating collapse into the arms of Lloyds, HBOS’s chairman assured shareholders it had sufficient funds
Inquiry asks if HBOS misled over rights issue
A Financial Services Authority investigation into whether HBOS’s former board misled investors at the time of the bank’s abortive £4bn
Torrent of property projects slows to a dribble as lending dries up
The crisis at Scotland’s two largest banks last October has cast a long shadow over the country’s commercial property market
Firms adapt to hard times as revenues fall
Professional services firms in Scotland have suffered real pain as a result of the near-collapse of the country’s two biggest
Hopes pinned on foreign links
Scotland may be separated from Shanghai by 5,000 miles but this has not prevented the nation’s universities from emerging as
Examining HBOS
If Lloyds Banking Group or the UK authorities ever get round to properly investigating the £1bn HBOS Reading fraud, they