Hints and tips:
...Citing the additional challenges of higher capital requirements introduced by global banking supervisors in the latest so-called Basel rules, Mr van Dijkhuizen said the bank was seeking to adapt a more capital...
...“The feeling that he has that he cannot do his job properly as a supervisor of Indian banks — this cannot be a new thing,” Mr Aziz said....
...Mr Passera would have seen funds including Bob Diamond’s Atlas investing about €2bn in the bank, which emerged as the worst failure from Europe’s stress tests....
...,” says Mr Laniado....
...Mr Cutifani has said things may still get worse for the industry before they get better. Mr Tafazoli, 49, has a foot in both the technology and mining worlds....
...Mr Diamond lost his job as a result of his fractious relationship with regulators, so Mr Flint must have thought hard before publicly airing his views....
...Bur Mr Diamond’s note of the call said Mr Tucker had stated that “it did not always need to be the case that we appeared as high [with Libor submissions] as we have recently”....
...The irony is that the governor’s show of power, in particular in regard to individual banks, has contrasted with a softening of his stance in his core role as a systemic supervisor....
...Authorities also seized a green 2005 Bentley GT, an 18-carat gold Rolex watch, a bracelet with 2,420 diamonds, and other jewellery....
...In a letter to Mr Tyrie, Mr Diamond said on Thursday he was “happy to attend” a Treasury committee meeting....
...Mr Steare, whose work was cited in Mr Sants’ speech, believes supervisors can ask boards to provide evidence of healthy culture, such as functional whistleblowing regimes, positive customer and employee...
...With the benefit of hindsight, it has become clear the revolver that would be handed via Mr Agius to Mr Diamond was already loaded....
...Agius is asked: “On the basis of that would you say that Mr Diamond lied to this committee? A: I can’t comment on Mr Diamond’s testimony....
...Unlike Bob Diamond, the ousted chief executive of Barclays, he refrained from overfamiliarity and attempts to ingratiate himself to the Treasury committee....
...Bob Diamond, a prominent American banker, was in the room at the Swiss resort but he was representing Barclays, the British group he now runs....
...Bob Diamond, up for a £4.7m iShares windfall, will receive the brickbats due to a man who has just benefited from a Biblical sub-clause allowing him to break a Lenten vow of poverty....
...There is the bright young banker recently told by his supervisor not to aspire to a promotion because of his colour....
..."The companies must think of us," Mr Yao says. "To really help us, buy the cocoa at a good price."...
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