Tagged with "Libor scandal"

Regulate the regulators before the risk

While giving Diamond a kicking, the failures of the regulator deserve more than a passing mention
by Simon Miller - 18 August 2012
C'mon ref, everytime: How regulators failed banking

The lack of refereeing is at fault for banks' action and if we're not careful, the clock will strike thirteen over bank reforms
by Simon Miller - 27 July 2012
Forget LIBOR, QE is the real scandal

We ought to hope that the quantiative easing being administered by Mervyn King is a "non-event". If it isn't, we'll all feel the same pinch our savers already are
by John Phelan - 10 July 2012
The honest truth about dishonesty - how we lie to others and especially ourselves

Dishonesty is a fickle mistress. Alex Radzyner looks at Dan Ariely's book on the matter and looks at how it relates to the Barclay's scandal
by Alex Radzyner - 9 July 2012
Thirty reasons to be cheerful in modern Britain -- PART 1

You think we've got problems? Luxury lad...
by Adrian Moss - 9 July 2012
A not-so-cultured club?

Like a bacteria, politicians talk of a change in the banking culture, but if Barclays is right, it is not just bankers who will need to change their culture club
by Simon Miller - 6 July 2012
Loony Left: Sweaty, nervous Balls?

The week's madness courtesy of Ed Balls, General T.A.C.O, the Islamic Association of Students, Ansar Dine, UEFA, and the British Justice System
by The Humph - 6 July 2012
Clarity, weight, colour, and superbly cut: Diamond had it all

Bob Diamond endured three hours of probing and prodding yesterday afternoon at the hands of the Treasury Select Committee. He hardly broke a sweat
by Peter Botting - 5 July 2012
PMQs: Miliband’s no diamond but just about shone enough

Labour win this battle today, but Libor might yet torpedo their ship writes Harry Cole
by Harry Cole - 4 July 2012
It's bogus dudes

Is the Libor manipulation a sign of something rotten in the UK system or is it just a symptom of a greater corporatism rotting our economies?
by Simon Miller - 29 June 2012