Buccaneering days are over for Aberdeen Asset Management
Martin Gilbert, fund-management’s deal maker extraordinaire, may have lost his appetite for deals but he has lost none of his […]
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Adam & Company shake-up causing customers ‘anger and dismay’
The former chairman of Adam and Company has accused the current management of causing “dismay” and “anger” among customers of
Martin Gilbert calls for Britain’s big banks to be broken up
Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, has declared that big institutions that straddle investment banking and commercial and
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
Islay reaps its tidal power
The Hebridean island of Islay has teamed up with energy giant Scottish Power to tap a reliable source of electricity
Angus Macdonald: the secret is to persuade people their waste can be someone’s raw material
Interview of the week: Angus Macdonald A little over three years ago, Angus MacDonald saw the future… and he decided
Two steps forward … is the recovery of state-rescued banks RBS and Lloyds a chimera?
Three years after the onset of the credit crisis, when British banks including RBS and Lloyds narrowly avoided bankruptcy thanks
Bank of Scotland Reading scandal suggests something was rotten at heart of HBOS [November 2008]
This article was written by Paul Hutcheon and me in November 2008 but has never before been published in its
Bust aviation firm bought for £7
Buy-back deal allows aviation firm Corporate Jet Services directors to avoid millions of pounds of debt to unsecured creditors Directors
Zermatt Summit: great and the good gather to ‘humanise globalisation’
The ghost of a dead economist was haunting the Zermatt Summit, a new annual event on the subject of ‘humanizing
Putting the house in order
With a new government tackling the nation’s finances, political flash points will appear, warns Ian Fraser With the unprecedented political
FSA sued over “botched” Cameron Farley case
Investors say they lost £20m when Cameron Farley’s assets were not frozen. By Ian Fraser IT was a scene that
I’m still in the game, says Murray, as Lloyds calls the shots
The tycoon, whose wealth has shrunk, tells Ian Fraser he has made mistakes but is bullish on the future Sir
Banks need unified global rules, says Lloyds chair Win Bischoff
SIR WIN BISCHOFF, chairman of Lloyds Banking Group, which is 41% owned by the British state, has said governments and
Scottish Agenda: We can’t rely on bankers to curb bankers’ pay
The Labour government’s laissez-faire approach to executive pay was to assume the market’s hidden hand would do its work. From
Rangers fans threaten Lloyds Bank boycott
Lloyds Banking Group has been warned that Rangers Football Club fans will boycott it unless it continues to support the
Murray: David Cameron best for the country
David Cameron has received a boost in Scotland ahead of the general election from Sir David Murray, the Rangers owner,
Scottish pension funds fight to reclaim European tax
Strathclyde Pension Fund and Highland Council Pension Fund, two of Scotland’s largest public-sector pension schemes, are in the vanguard of
Goldman Sachs’ stance marks Gordon Brown out as a man without shame
You may remember the classic scene in Casablanca in which the police captain Louis Renault raids Rick’s Cafe claiming to
The SEC’s case against Goldman Sachs is a turning point for Wall Street
The torrent of speculation surrounding the SEC’s attempt to nail the “giant vampire squid” (a.k.a. Goldman Sachs) over alleged fraudulence
Eurozone ‘at risk’ unless ECB softens currency line
The entire eurozone is at risk unless the European Central Bank softens its stance towards the value of the euro