There were gasps of disbelief at the Liverpool Street headquarters of UBS as the red strip flashed up on Bloomberg saying the bank had discovered a rogue trader who had lost it $2 billion (£1.26 billion)... more
By the end of this week, you can be sure we will know that UK banks are well on target to hit the extra lending pledges which they made to the Government when they signed the Merlin agreement last spring... more
Transport Department officials are talking to Virgin Atlantic about an alleged incident in which Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond entered the cockpit of a jet ... more
Barclays' new chief executive Bob Diamond is on the road telling investors he plans to lift the bank return on equity from a currently feeble 7% to an eye-catching 13% in a little over two years. That should be enough to send a cold chill of fear down investors' spines... more
A month ago, City Spy revealed Sir Stuart Lipton's rage over plans to replace some of his beloved 1980s Broadgate scheme with new buildings designed by ex-Foster architect Ken Shuttleworth's firm, MAKE. ... more
For a man who said he had "no intention of materially altering" the strategy of his predecessor, Bob Diamond put clear blue water between himself and John Varley when outlining Barclays' strategy... more
When Barclays’ chief Bob Diamond faced MPs this week, Streatham’s Chuka Umunna was the one to skewer him. Is this a sign of great things to come?... more
The bitter row over City payouts is reignited as JPMorgan reveals it has shelled out $9.3 billion (£6.1 billion) in pay and bonuses to its bankers... more
The testimony to the Commons Treasury Select Committee by Barclays’ chief executive Bob Diamond caps days of fresh speculation about Government plans to deal with bank bonuses... more
Sketch: The “unacceptable face of banking” as Lord Mandelson once dubbed him, does his level best to look totally acceptable before the Treasury Select Committee ... more
Barclays boss Bob Diamond faces MPs over his expected multi-million-pound bonus, in his first public appearance since taking on the job on New Year’s Day... more
Bob Diamond, incoming chief executive of Barclays, launches the strongest defence yet by a British banker of keeping combined retail and investment banks... more
So, as Goldman Sachs bids farewell to one of its biggest rainmakers of the past decade — Simon Dingemans, who is joining GlaxoSmithKline — City Spy wonders how confident the Fleet Street investment bank now feels about winning juicy future contracts with the Lib-Cons... more
It is worth noting that 50% of UK High Street banks are now run by graduates of Credit Suisse First Boston. That was the first of a new breed of thrusting investment banks in London which grew up through the Nineties... more
In theory, the appointment of Bob Diamond to the top job at Barclays is a sign that the good times are poised to roll again - but the FTSE was on the slide again as Tuesday's sell-off continued... more
Barclays move quickly to defend the £11.5 million pay and bonus package it has offered Bob Diamond to take over as chief executive from John Varley... more
Ignore the political huffing and puffing. There is only one response to Bob Diamond's appointment, which is to ask: What if Barclays had put in someone else as chief executive? What then?... more
Barclays fuels growing public anger over bankers' bonuses as it reveals that it handed out shares worth more than £64 million to 10 top executives as part of their bonuses for the last five years... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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