HBOS misled investors over £4bn rights issue, says former executive
Call for probe into ‘favourable gloss’ in rights issue prospectus. By Ian Fraser A FORMER Bank of Scotland senior executive […]
2009
That sinking feeling
Government hopes that its latest raft of measures would persuade banks to start lending to each other again – and
£11m man: Huge bonuses for Matthew Greenburgh and other advisers on deal that brought RBS to its knees
Matthew Greenburgh and other investment bankers who engineered the catastrophic takeover deal that brought the Royal Bank of Scotland to
Do Merrill Lynch bankers know no shame?
The Merrill Lynch investment bankers who advised RBS, Santander and Fortis on their joint €71bn takeover of ABN Amro have
RBS to be sued by Ian Hamilton QC
The Royal Bank of Scotland to be sued for fraud by Ian Hamilton QC in the small claims court Ian
A wake for HBOS… and the birth of a new era?
Voodoo Club rises from banks’ ashes The scene was like that of a Jacobite conspiracy. Around 20 Scots from different
Universe is scrapped as World faces crippling financial issues
Having built The World, an archipelago of artificial islands that bear only a passing resemblance to the Mercator projection, building
Time to audit the auditors — and especially KPMG?
The House of Commons’ Treasury Select Committee is to cross-examine representatives of the audit profession later this month as part
The end of laissez-faire?
REGULATION: The cataclysmic events in the financial world have turned the tide against faith in the self-correcting power of the
Arise, Sir Sandy: the ups and downs of bagging a knighthood
Much speculation surrounds the knighthood of Sandy Crombie, chief executive of Standard Life, in the New Year honours, writes Ian