Financial regulation: with Griffith-Jones’ appointment, Britain keeps it in the family
I was surprised and exasperated to learn last week that chancellor George Osborne has rubber-stamped the appointment of John Griffith-Jones, […]
Pricewaterhousecoopers
The horse has bolted, but at least the Lords have started to clean out accountancy’s Augean stables
Lord MacGregor, a former Conservative chief secretary of the Treasury, today unveiled the hard-hitting and long-awaited conclusions of the House
Whistleblower alleges ‘largest sustained cooking of books in British financial history’
A CORPORATE whistleblower’s eight-year battle over his claims that Scottish Widows policyholders were deprived of £1.5 billion during the Lloyds
Paul Moore: FSA lacks the competence to investigate bank failures
Paul Moore, former head group regulatory risk at HBOS, has cast doubt on the rigour of the Financial Services Authority’s
Francine McKenna: Ten things you need to know about ‘Big Four’ audit firms
I’ve long suspected that, where banking and finance sector clients are concerned, the Big Four audit firms see their role
The FSA/PwC investigation into Royal Bank of Scotland’s ‘bad decisions’ is a joke, right? — the FSA’s RBS report, Part 1
Royal Bank of Scotland probe THE Financial Services Authority’s obsession with “light touch”, laissez-faire regulation in 1997-2008 did more than
The FSA wanted someone to whitewash RBS and, sure enough, PWC obliged — the FSA’s RBS report, Part 2
The Financial Services Authority this morning declared that, after a 17-month “investigation”, it has concluded that none of the RBS
Banking’s Abu Ghraib
A fourth person has been arrested in relation to Thames Valley Police’s investigation into “corruption and large-scale fraud in connection
Bust air firm may provide key to HBOS “controls failures”
Directors of an aviation business that crash-landed owing HBOS £113 million in September 2007 were allowed to buy the business
WAITING GAME
Potential vendors are waiting for a recovery, potential acquirers are waiting for the bottom of the market and, as Ian
Scottish Agenda: The revolving door that shuts out taxpayers
Is the taxpayer losing out in pre-packaged administrations that leave state-owned banks swallowing debts? Can we call pre-packaged administrations —
Are “Big Four” accountants a waste of space?
From the evidence submitted to the Treasury Select Committee’s inquiry into the banking crisis, one might conclude that the profession