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America’s Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and its London-based counterpart, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), both privately-owned, self-regulatory bodies, […]
One of the most stunning revelations to come out of the Court Appointed Examiner’s Report into the bankruptcy of Lehman
Legendary Omaha-based investor Warren Buffett often uses his annual letter to shareholders in Berkshire Hathaway group, where he is chairman
Goldman Sachs likes to think of itself as being so smart it is invincible but the truth is somewhat different. The
PETER Cummings, former head of corporate lending at HBOS, is the archetypal ‘fat bloke’ banker. He was handed an astonishing
Lloyds Banking Group, AKA “the most hated bank in Britain“, today unveiled higher-than-expected annual losses of £6.3 billion. The Gresham
Jo Dawson and Dan Watkins, the two senior executives who resigned from Lloyds Banking Group on 5 February 2010, were
This video of Danny MacAskill doing stunt cycling in Edinburgh was first released in April 2009 and first put on
In this short video made by Richard Curtis, actor Bill Nighy plays a complacent banker who squirms at suggestions banks
Just heard this track from Show of Hands on Radio 4’s ‘Midweek’ with Francine Stock. The West Country ‘acoustic roots’
Believe it or not, I have some sympathy for the politicians who are having to sort out the widespread problems
Eric Daniels believes Lloyds’ disclosures relating to its HBOS takeover were “thorough” and “accurate”. So why no mention of £25bn
There was an important victory for press freedom and for unbiassed financial journalism at the European Court of Human Rights
In case anyone needed reminding, Sir Howard Davies has pointed out that, following the events of last Autumn when the
This commercial for Strongbow cider was first aired in June 2009, though somehow I only discovered it today. It is
Archie Kane today admitted what everyone else has suspected for some time — that HBOS was effectively bust at the
Dubai’s default, expected in days, highlights the hubris of its developers and Emirate’s weak governance Why are people shocked that
Stephen Hester, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has once again put the boot in to his predecessor
Since the global financial crisis first erupted in the United States in July 2007, the group which has perhaps got
How independent is Scotland’s justice system? Not very, according Ian Hamilton QC, who has written a powerful blog post on
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the world of insolvency has become an unregulated free-for-all where it no longer seems to