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...“I really respected Alison as a role model in financial services,” Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Charlie Nunn told journalists on Wednesday....
...Robin Budenberg, chair of Lloyds Banking Group and the Crown Estate, receives a knighthood....
...Chesil is one of Britain’s longest beaches and has been immortalised in postcards, paintings and fiction — most famously Ian McEwan’s 2007 novella. You can easily find it on a map....
...Mr McEwan earned a salary of £1m and an overall package of £3.58m in 2018, whereas his counterpart at Lloyds was paid a total of £6.27m....
...Santander has invested in dozens of companies through its venture capital arm, while Lloyds has pledged to spend £1bn a year strengthening digital capabilities and Barclays is working with start-ups such...
...RBS has been particularly cautious about Brexit, with chief executive Ross McEwan warning that the country could “sleepwalk” towards a disruptive no-deal exit....
...Clive Lloyd, the veteran West Indian cricketer, is now a knight. Sue Campbell, director of women’s football at the FA, becomes a dame....
...Lloyds, the UK’s largest retail bank by market share, stuck to all of its short-term targets but cautioned that “continued economic uncertainty could impact [the] outlook”....
...Ms Rose, who currently leads RBS’ commercial and private banking business, had long been seen as the favourite to succeed Mr McEwan....
...Potential external candidates include Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the former Virgin Money chief; and Alison Brittain, the Whitbread boss and ex-Lloyds Bank executive....
...Comparisons were made with the softer focus Instagram account of Santander boss Ana Botin and with Lloyd Blankfein, the former Goldman chief famous for the occasional barbed tweet....
...Among the 100-plus donations, there are a fair few for $5,000, plenty of $1,000 ones (step forward Bob Diamond and Michael Spencer) while some other big names (Lloyds’ António Horta-Osório, RBS’s Ross McEwan...
...Ross McEwan, chief executive of taxpayer-backed RBS, is set to receive a lump sum of £350,000 in 2019, equivalent to roughly 35 per cent of his cash salary....
...Lloyds’ power pensioner Bank bosses, we are told, receive hundreds of times more salary than employees because they are high performers....
...RBS chief Ross McEwan is set to receive a payment worth £350,000 this year, equivalent to 35 per cent of his salary....
...Rivals Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, Santander and Metro Bank will all report quarterly results next week, and analysts will watch closely to see if they report the same pressures....
...Finally, the RBS race to succeed Ross McEwan may be wider open than previously thought....
...RBS’s value relative to its assets is significantly lower than at the time of the June sale and well below its closest rival Lloyds Banking Group, which could make it difficult for the Treasury to argue...
...On Friday Royal Bank of Scotland updates, with investors on the lookout for news on the hunt to replace chief executive Ross McEwan, who is heading off to the National Australia Bank....
...Neither Lloyds Banking Group nor Barclays took a forward-looking impairment like RBS. George Culmer, Lloyds’ chief financial officer, told analysts that he saw no such clouds on the Brexit horizon....
...The latest twist is an accusation that Ross McEwan, the RBS boss, withheld information from a parliamentary committee....
...What has driven Lloyds’ share price down? Lloyds’ poor share price performance belies a resilient showing so far this year....
...The cherry on the cake was news that despite losing a £109bn investment mandate with Lloyds, financiers say SLA could now be in line for a £250m break fee....
...Rival Lloyds celebrated its improved results for 2017 with a £1bn share buyback, while Barclays promised it would consider buybacks and higher dividends “over time”....
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