Tag Archives: Barclays
More woes for Bob Diamond
It seems the Barclays bank public relations nightmare keeps getting thicker. After new boss, Bob Diamond, has made it clear to parliamentary committees that the time for the financial sectors’ “remorse and apologies are over,” a UK activists group, called … Continue reading →
Bob Diamond and Project Merlin
‘Stop wearing cashmere and smiling when the people are eating gruel.’ These are words that have not been said to the head of Barclays Bank, Bob Diamond, but perhaps should be, by the banks’ PR team – if they have … Continue reading →
Battle Stations Ready!
It’s only been a few days since John Varley, chief executive of Barclays threw the second punch, in what is either going to be a nasty, prolonged battle, or just fiery rhetorical exchanges with the Chancellor and Prime Minister over … Continue reading →
Filed under Business, Business Commentary, Finance, High Finance, United Kingdom
Tagged as Bank, Barclays, Business, economy, Executive, Finance, Goldman Sachs, Income tax, John Varley, Prime Minister, Spain, tax
Profiles: Roger Jenkins – The Man You Ought To Know
With everyone currently gunning for the scalps of investment bankers, it might seem a little odd to profile someone who could, without reservation, be dubbed “the king” of such quarters. Indeed, Roger Jenkins is considered the highest paid banker in … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Barclays, Downing Street, George Clooney, Gordon Brown, Independent, Investment Banks, Robert Peston, Roger Jenkins
The Bonuses Are Back In Town?
Can it be that after the perilous financial meltdown of the last ten months, UK banks are back to their old ways? With the press in the U.S. and Europe starting to use expressions like “the first green shoots of … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Alistair Darling, Barclays, Bloomberg, EU, FSA, Goldman Sachs, John Macintosh, London, Petrus, recession, The British Chambers of Commerce, UK
That’s Politics, Baby
As was recently reported in the UK press, Barclays Bank and The Royal Bank of Scotland are turning record profits and are about to pay their investment arm contentious bonuses. And I mean contentious. The public has been knotting the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as banks, Barclays, Bob Diamond, John Varley, Marcus Agius, Obama, politics, Royal Bank of Scotland, tax