Banks: when will our lily-livered politicians take on the banks
The trouble is that the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP’s “comprehensive bank rescue plan” (he didn’t like calling it a bailout) […]
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The next crisis
As the dust settled on the global financial crisis of 2008, just after many of the world’s largest banks and
What the £1bn HBOS fraud tells us about the state of British banking
This is a fully-revised, updated and extended version of the article ‘Mafioso bankers and my part in their downfall‘ which
On the trail of Fred the Shred
Ian Fraser’s new book, Shredded: Inside RBS: the Bank that Broke Britain, has been acclaimed as the definitive account of
Chuka Umunna: PWC’s useful idiot?
I’ve long wondered how committed the Labour shadow business secretary and MP for Streatham Chuka Umunna really is to UK
UK: Divorce can be costly
Ian Fraser finds that Scottish independence would create a host of complications for newly created cross-border pension funds. But neither
RBS’s light at end of the tunnel could be train that flattens it
AS the Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester toured the broadcasters’ studios yesterday, he kept repeating the same mantras.
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
Bremner, Bird & Fortune: Where did all the money go, and where does it come from?
Silly Money was a four-part series on the banking and financial crisis featuring the comedy quartet of Rory Bremner, John
Loss of trust
Scottish banking was once renowned for prudential management. Today the association is rather different. Financial journalist Ian Fraser gives his
The 12 Barclays scandals that cast doubt on Diamond’s testimony
Smearing the facilitators? Ex-Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond had been tipped to ‘throw his toys out of the pram’ in
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
Everyone in finance should read David Bermingham’s “A Price To Pay”. Guest post by Rowan Bosworth-Davies
By Rowan Bosworth-Davies White-collar crime, and particularly fraud and wrong-doing in the City of London, has been ignored by regulators
Hector Sants, the Independent and the £5,000 pay-off
Jim Parton, author of ‘The Bucks Stop Here’, reflects on his former colleague at stockbrokers Phillips & Drew, Hector Sants
MF Global collapse prompts regulatory rethink in Washington
A commissioner at a leading US financial regulator has launched a stinging attack on his own organisation, accusing it of
The media frenzy about RBS bonuses and Fred Goodwin’s knighthood is a sideshow
Financial commentators are, suddenly, in demand and it’s largely down to the continuing failure of banks to properly reform themselves
Stripping Fred Goodwin of his knighthood won’t solve the banking crisis
The current cross-party campaign to have Sir Fred Goodwin stripped of his knighthood makes for entertaining viewing, but I’m afraid
RBS: Inside the Bank that Ran Out of Money (full one-hour documentary)
RBS Inside The Bank That Ran Out of Money is a major television project on which I worked as both
Did Sir John Vickers’ Independent Banking Commission go far enough?
This morning I was listening to Nicky Campbell’s phone-in programme on BBC Radio 5 Live. The topic was the final
Our fuel is among heavily-taxed in the world – George Osborne’s second budget
In his second budget as chancellor, George Osborne sought to promote economic growth through tax cuts for businesses while pushing
The delusional groupthink of New Labour and how it crippled the UK economy
I couldn’t believe it when I heard Lord Turnbull speak about the extent of former prime minister Gordon Brown’s self-delusion