Written evidence to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards
Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards. Submission from Ian Fraser, 24 August 2012 [Update: January 12, 2013. This is my submission […]
Hector Sants
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
‘Now that the FSA chief executive has gone – its chairman should be next’
One of Scotland’s highest-profile investment experts, Alan Steel, has called on Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner to “consider
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
FSA’s Hector Sants passes the buck for the financial crisis
At a hearing of the Treasury Select Committee held in Portcullis House on 30 January 2012, Hector Sants,
The FSA’s cosy deals are a travesty of regulation
Ever since its failures as a regulator first became widely apparent with the collapse of Northern Rock in September 2007, the UK’s
Skulking in Gresham Street
Lloyds Banking Group, AKA “the most hated bank in Britain“, today unveiled higher-than-expected annual losses of £6.3 billion. The Gresham
Is the FSA finally getting serious about HBOS wrongdoing?
Jo Dawson and Dan Watkins, the two senior executives who resigned from Lloyds Banking Group on 5 February 2010, were
The curious incident of the regulator in the night–time
The media is barking up the wrong tree. Instead of obsessing about bonuses, they should be focusing on the HBOS
Goodwin ponders £1bn RBS share buyback
Analyst predicts 25 per cent hike in dividends as bank shelves acquisition strategy for organic growth BANKING: TRADING UPDATE ROYAL