Lloyds Banking Group ‘is starving small firms’
John Swinney, the finance secretary, has accused Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland of abusing their dominant position […]
Royal Bank of Scotland
Jim Rogers: failed banks should have been left to go to the wall
Did the UK government have to risk bankrupting our economy by bailing out dysfunctional banks such as Royal Bank of
Scottish Agenda: As patients rally, lifestyle changes are required
Sir John Gieve on moral hazard Last autumn, it was clear that something had to be done. After years of
Scottish Agenda: “Who you know” is paying off for Sir George
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know that makes all the difference in the discombobulated world of post-crash
Foulkes’ questions about the RBS culture under Goodwin need answered
RBS CULTURE OF BULLYING WAS SET FROM THE TOP The Observer this morning ran a story saying that three of
Scottish Agenda: disgraced RBS pair bank on a comeback
The pair of knights who lead RBS to destruction now pursuing BP roles: Sir Peter Sutherland and Sir Tom McKillop:
Sir Steve Robson urged to quit FRC
Critics say the credibility of the Financial Reporting Council is affected, as Robson was among the purged RBS non-executive directors
A player retreats: Fred Goodwin’s £200m splurge on sporting celebs is over
In a press release trumpeting a multi-million, five-year sponsorship deal with the Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar, dated 18 September
‘Bling’ Crosby’s day of reckoning
This charade of apology is a diversion from bankers’ role in financial destruction Edith Piaf’s chanson “Non, Je Ne Regrette
The curious incident of the regulator in the night–time
The media is barking up the wrong tree. Instead of obsessing about bonuses, they should be focusing on the HBOS
Stiglitz: Britain should have let basket case banks go bust
Professor Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prize-winning economist and author of Globalization and its Discontents, has said that the UK should
That sinking feeling
Government hopes that its latest raft of measures would persuade banks to start lending to each other again – and
The end of laissez-faire?
REGULATION: The cataclysmic events in the financial world have turned the tide against faith in the self-correcting power of the
Sir George on Robert Peston: he’s a Treasury puppet and it’s a disgrace
Sir George Mathewson clearly doesn’t think too highly of the BBC’s business editor Robert Peston, who was lampooned in Silly Money, tonight’s
Fred’s downfall: hubris followed by nemesis
This is an extended version of an article on Fred Goodwin and the collapse of RBS commissioned by the Mail
Uncertain legacy of the man who broke Royal Bank of Scotland
AS the Royal Bank of Scotland announces that the reign of chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin will officially end on
Can politicians really make banking leopards change their spots?
MARKETS IN MELTDOWN: The UK government’s £500 billion bail‑out could backfire by giving banks licence to continue their reckless behaviour
Lehman Brothers collapse: Bernanke and Greenspan see sense
American politicians and regulators have called Dick Fuld’s bluff this weekend. Until the weekend, there was a view that certain
RBS’s £12bn rights issue – The bankers’ new clothes
RBS’s refunding move through a record £12bn rights issue is the first step in UK banks waking up from their
Scottish Agenda: Credit crunch won’t stop at Hadrian’s Wall
THE collective burial of heads in the sand among Scottish business leaders, bank economists and housing market professionals about Scotland’s
Goodwin hunting
Businessperson of the Year: Sir Fred Goodwin THE €71 billion (£49 billion) takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro was a