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guardian.co.uk
Apr 19
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Tyrie has hinted that banking commission's final report may contain new measures on restricting pay, but not bonuses
London's mayor, Boris Johnson, famously called on "banker-bashers" to stop. Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond told the Treasury...
guardian.co.uk
Apr 11
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While the action of the parliamentary commission on banking standards, in naming "the architects of a strategy" which led to HBOS having to be bailed out by the taxpayer, is laudable, its work, surely, has just started (Former HBOS chief asks to...
guardian.co.uk
Apr 11
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£914,000 cash – attributed to 'change of control' at bank – paid out to directors following bailout
MPs have called for an inquiry into why former HBOS bosses were given almost £1m in "bonuses for going bust".
Seven HBOS directors...
Financial Times
Apr 11
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James Crosby and Andy Hornby, excoriated for presiding over a ‘colossal’ bank failure, accrued benefits at roughly twice the rate of ordinary workers
guardian.co.uk
Apr 10
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Among the many dishonoured bankers of HBOS, here's one who deserves some praise
Among the many dishonoured bankers of HBOS, here's one who deserves some praise. Had it not been for whistleblower Paul Moore, James Crosby would probably still have...
guardian.co.uk
Apr 10
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Calls come for FCA boss John Griffith-Jones to quit over his former role as head of failed bank's auditors, accountants KPMG
The former head of accountants KPMG, John Griffith-Jones, has been dragged into the HBOS furore as questions are asked...
guardian.co.uk
Apr 10
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In the spirit of looking beyond the bankers, consider the senior regulators at the time: the banking commission's verdict on the FSA's supervision of HBOS was damning
How far should the fallout from the parliamentary commission's devastating...
Financial Times
Apr 10
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Downing Street comments switch focus from Sir James Crosby to his successor, Andy Hornby, and Lord Stevenson, the failed bank’s former chairman
BBC News
Apr 10
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Past HBOS figures are coming under more pressure over the bank's collapse after ex-chief Sir James Crosby quit his current posts and offered to give up his knighthood.
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HBOS plc is a United-Kingdom based company. It is the holding company of the HBOS Group. It operates through five divisions: Retail, Corporate, Insurance & Investment, International and Treasury & Asset Management. The Company’s Retail range of products includes personal and business banking products and services to 23 million customers. In October 2008, Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced that it has acquired the Bank of Western Australia Limited (BankWest) and St Andrew’s Australia Pty Ltd (St Andrew’s) through the execution of a sale and purchase agreement with United Kingdom-based HBOS plc.
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