Ex-RBS chief Fred Goodwin will tell court: ‘I did nothing wrong’
Disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin will tell a court that he did not dupe the bank’s […]
Ex-RBS chief Fred Goodwin will tell court: I did nothing wrong
Disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin will tell a court he didn’t dupe the bank’s shareholders
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
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,
A short history of RBS and NatWest’s Global Restructuring Group
Have NatWest and RBS gone rogue? Has the Royal Bank of Scotland, which has owned NatWest for the past 12
Banks in Hungary and Slovenia looking precarious
The IMF has produced a blog on the precariousness of banks in Central and Eastern Europe. The majority of banks
Soros: The Germans must show “leadership” or the euro is toast
George Soros caused quite a stir when, in a remarkable 4,400 word speech at the Festival of Economics at Trento, north-eastern Italy
Accusations of “systemic institutionalised fraud” at RBS fall on deaf ears
On Wednesday 30 May, a shareholder stood up at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s annual general meeting and made some
George Soros: Germany and the Bundesbank have three months to save the euro
Remarks made by George Soros at the Festival of Economics, Teatro Sociale, Trento, Italy 2 June 2012 Ever since the
Public funding, private enterprise
Sandy Richardson was trying to raise £12.6 million towards the £46m cost of refurbishing the National Museum of Scotland
Sir David Walker agrees. UK banks’ misselling of swaps ‘despicable’
Baroness Hogg, chairman of the Financial Reporting Council, Peter Montagnon, senior investment adviser at the FRC and Sir David Walker,
Football as war: bizarre Chinese TV commercial for Euro 2012
I am glad to see our Chinese friends are getting such a balanced view of Europe. This three and half
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
The Case for a Financial WikiLeaks. Guest post by Brett Scott
By Brett Scott The greatest barriers to financial whistleblowing are social and economic, not legal. Fear of being shunned by
FSA warned that transparency proposals for property portfolios will require banks to raise up to £40bn in fresh capital
HUNDREDS of property firms could be pushed into bankruptcy if the Financial Services Authority pushes ahead with a new “slotting”
Clydesdale’s retreat
It was supposed to be Scotland’s safe bank. What went wrong? By Ian Fraser Call it Cameron Clyne’s ‘Derby’ moment.
This interview with Chris Hedges is a tour de force
In this interview and Q&A session broadcast on C-Span’s Book TV‘s In Depth Chris Hedges provides a devastating analysis of what
CBI and Barclays still ensnared by the delusion of performance-related pay
The debate over executive pay is turning ugly. In the UK, investor disquiet about the unwarranted rewards routinely doled out
Swip slashes strategies and staff in drive for wealth
SWIP chief executive Dean Buckley outlines fund manager’s new approach in exclusive interview with Ian Fraser Ten days ago, Scottish
Argyll and Bute planning policy blamed for population decline
Argyll and Bute Council has hit out at a new survey of housing in the Highlands and Islands which blames
City analyst: Barclays’ approach to paying Bob Diamond is “just laughable”
I was happily reading my Sunday Telegraph business section at the weekend, when a particular quote jumped out at me. A City