Parkmead bank in false market claim
A company that numbers Tom Cross, chief executive of Dana Petroleum, and Brian Wilson, the former Labour energy minister, among […]
Investigations
This is where my investigation reportage will go.
Fears for Kilmartin as Lloyds cracks down on debt
Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a radical restructuring of one of Scotland’s largest property developers, Kilmartin Holdings, amid fears that
Why did HBOS make risky loans?
A BBC News investigation has uncovered reckless lending at HBOS Corporate and some irregular loans at its ‘high risk’ unit
£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
Finger of blame points at audit firms
Accountants missed ‘red flags’ at failing banks. By Ian Fraser THE FINGER of blame for the crisis that has crippled
‘Scores of people have spoken to me about this deal and voiced their concerns. They are genuinely horrified’
The inside story of how Lloyds TSB swallowed up HBOS and attempts to block the deal IT WAS presented as
Taming the Celtic Tiger
An economic slowdown is normally the last thing business wants. But for Ireland’s £1.1 trillion asset-servicing industry, a cooling-off seems
130/30 funds: better mousetraps or money-makers?
One hundred and thirty /thirty funds are suddenly all the rage. But is the surge in such funds a response
The black art of oil pricing
The oil price is rocketing, but is a looming world shortage behind the hike or some kind of public relations
Keane hits out at Bank of Scotland ‘cover-up’; Former treasurer accused in Livingston collapse
DOMINIC Keane, the former chairman of Livingston Football Club, has accused the Bank of Scotland of a “cover-up” in its
The hidden pay rises
Top executives are using sleight of hand to disguise recent increases in corporate pay and avoid being portrayed as “fat
Susan Rice: ‘Offshoring the best thing to happen to financial services’
AS members of the Lloyds TSB Group Union were protesting against job transfers to India outside the bank’s Hanover Street
Inside story: how Gilbert and Duffield carved-up Edinburgh Fund Managers
THE names gave little away. “Lothian” was up against it and had entered talks to be acquired by “Egyptian”. But
Oil giant adds to clamour for water privatisation
BP threatens to sue BRITISH Petroleum, whose Grangemouth plant is Scotland’s heaviest user of water, is threatening to sue Scottish
FSA ‘far too lenient’ over split-cap mis-selling
Lawyers representing those left penniless after investing in split capital investment trusts argue report has let those responsible off the
Bank faces £3m loss at hands of the Russian mafia
Deal ensnared in tale of piracy, mafia, murder and the starving crews of six ships frozen in St Petersburg The
S&N’s ‘JFK’ conspiracy against Scottish beers
THE latest JFK conspiracy is not another take on the assassination of president John F Kennedy. Nor is it a
Darkest hour for the men on the Mound
It will go down in history as Scotland’s worst video nasty. The men on the Mound believed they had weathered
National Wealth Service
Three prime Edinburgh hospital sites have been snapped up by Morrison Construction at knockdown prices, writes Ian Fraser Fancy an