Why ex-HBOS chief executive James Crosby deserves no mercy
In a comment piece in Saturday’s Times, financial editor Patrick Hosking gave ten reasons why the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards must […]
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Andy Hornby and Peter Cummings “engaged in boardroom brawl” as they led HBOS to disaster
My review of Ray Perman’s Hubris was published in the Scottish Review of Books at the weekend. The full review
Book review: Going for broke
It was intended as a memorial to the Scots who died in the Napoleonic Wars. But it wasn’t long before
Loss of trust
Scottish banking was once renowned for prudential management. Today the association is rather different. Financial journalist Ian Fraser gives his
The Worst Bank in the World? HBOS’s Calamitous Seven Year Life
Lessons must be learnt from the short and calamitous history of HBOS, the bank which effectively went bust in September
FSA bombshell changes everything for ex-HBOS directors Crosby, Stevenson and Cummings
Yesterday was an extraordinary day in the world of banking. First we had confirmation from Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and
The secrets and lies of Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown recently branded Goldman Sachs “morally bankrupt” and asked the FSA to investigate it. Yet he has turned a
The recklessness of Cummings
Speaking on Bloomberg TV, Justin Urquhart-Stewart, director of Seven Investment Management, has described HBOS as being “pregnant with the spawn of
The extraordinary lapses that caused HBOS’s collapse
Introductory note: An edited version of this article was published on the BBC News website under headline Why did HBOS
‘Bling’ Crosby’s day of reckoning
This charade of apology is a diversion from bankers’ role in financial destruction Edith Piaf’s chanson “Non, Je Ne Regrette
Howard’s unorthodox riding style may yet cripple the black horse
Howard Brown, the Halifax teller-turned-minor celebrity, risks crippling his new steed, Lloyds TSB’s black horse, with his cavalier riding style. HBOS’s
Sir George on Robert Peston: he’s a Treasury puppet and it’s a disgrace
Sir George Mathewson clearly doesn’t think too highly of the BBC’s business editor Robert Peston, who was lampooned in Silly Money, tonight’s
How Lloyds’ advisers clashed with those of HBOS at 3am and nearly scuppered Darling and Brown’s bank rescue plan
Last weekend, two brawling investment bankers nearly brought down the entire capitalist system. As the finishing touches were being put
Can politicians really make banking leopards change their spots?
MARKETS IN MELTDOWN: The UK government’s £500 billion bail‑out could backfire by giving banks licence to continue their reckless behaviour
The management incompetence and cosy political stitch-up that spelt curtains for HBOS
Lloyds TSB chairman Sir Victor Blank has convinced himself that with HBOS he’s getting the pride of British banking on
HBOS: The crash landing
HBOS wasn’t a victim of “spivs and speculators” in the City; it was very much the author of its own
Scottish Agenda: Quiet assassins wait in the wings for bankers
An ousting is more likely to prove successful if shareholders gang up behind the scenes than if they shout their
Banks warned to curb payouts as crisis bites
Big five banks admonished by BoE governor Mervyn King as they plead for more support BANK OF England governor Mervyn