Lloyds TSB chair Sir Victor Blank: “I think we’re creating a Great British bank”
Was Lloyds TSB kept in the dark about the parlous state of HBOS’s corporate loan book? Should Lloyds TSB have […]
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Examining HBOS
If Lloyds Banking Group or the UK authorities ever get round to properly investigating the £1bn HBOS Reading fraud, they
Lloyds Banking Group: the new Enron?
Lloyds Banking Group has been given the go-ahead to proceed with a £13.5bn rights issue as part of a wider
Mervyn King berates recidivist Scottish bankers
It was fitting that Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, chose Edinburgh to deliver an attack on bankers
Moulton: When bankers threw ethics out the window
Private equity boss Jon Moulton, who quit Alchemy Partners amid some controversy last month, has provided a unique insight into
McFall’s committee ‘ignored the FSA’s complicity in crisis’
How effective has the Treasury Select Committee, chaired by John McFall MP for the past ten years, been in holding
Eastern promise
A new era has dwned from financial services, in which the Gulf financial centres are well placed to demonstrate their
Managing risk the Goldman Sachs way
It is wrong to blame fair-value accounting, also known as mark-to-market accounting, for causing the financial crisis that last year
The spectre of protectionism
Protectionism has become the “crack cocaine” of modern politics and anti-globalization forces have been emboldened by the global downturn, according
The sovereign wealth funds’ dilemma
Transparency has turned out to be a doubled-edged sword for the world’s $3 trillion sovereign wealth sector. Analysts suggest that
Rajat Kumar Gupta: Recovery may prove illusory
There is a danger that central bankers including Jean-Claude Trichet of the European Central Bank and Ben Bernanke of the
Why there will be another crisis
Another crisis is more than just possible Morality and business ethics were on the agenda at the closing session of
Scottish Financial Enterprise has learnt nothing from the collapses of Scotland’s two biggest banks
In its submission to the Scottish Parliament’s inquiry into the banking crisis, Scottish Financial Enterprise, the trade organisation and lobby
The times they are a changin’
This photo of a US detective gingerly advancing through the wreckage of somebody’s home with his pistol loaded and ready
Fix banking by separating ‘utilities’ from the ‘casino’, says Prof John Kay
The campaign to separate “utility” banks from the “casino” of financial markets has stepped up a gear, following an intervention
Bonuses are back, but where’s the outrage?
Bonuses are back. That much became clear when the Royal Bank of Scotland, 70%-owned by the taxpayer, agreed a £9.7m
Graeme Shankland’s ‘pig in a poke’ business model
When Graeme Shankland was promoted to managing director of specialist assets in the enlarged Lloyds Banking Group on 6 January
Turner on taming the wild beast of finance
At last someone in a position of authority has spoken some sense about taming the wild beast of finance. In
Reinventing finance
The financial crisis that reached its height in Sept-Oct 2008 has presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reinvent finance, ensuring it
Neelie Kroes means business
European competition commissioner Neelie Kroes means business when it comes to breaking up banks that have received state-aid but which
Soft soaping Sir Victor Blank adds little to sum of human knowledge
Sir Victor Blank, who has been forced out as Lloyds Banking Group chairman by investors, has spent the weekend trying to