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Victor Blank RSS feedSir Win’s buying spree has City guessing about Lloyds
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Does Lloyds Banking Group chairman Sir Win Bischoff know something the rest of us do not?2009-11-17T13:05:04ZA couple of issues for Lloyds
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2009-10-28T08:37:47ZIs the price right to sign up with E.On?
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“There is not a clear message regarding future wholesale costs movements that can be communicated to customers” E.On’s Paul Golby obliquely commented recently, on the chances of a cut in retail prices for Britain’s households...2009-10-05T06:09:50ZCity Spy: So upbeat at Sir Victor’s leaving do
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Much jollity at Sir Victor Blank’s leaving party at Lloyds Banking Group headquarters in Gresham Street the other evening2009-09-18T07:31:05ZCounting the cost a year after Lloyds' takeover of HBOS
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One year ago today, the news broke that Lloyds TSB was going to take over HBOS in a £12.2 billion all-share deal. With the benefit of hindsight, it is still staggering to read the press release issued to the Stock Exchange the following morning, 18 September2009-09-17T08:23:47ZCity Spy: Time for Kingman to make a fortune
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So Brownite Treasury civil servant John Kingman is quitting as £143,000-a-year chief executive of UK Financial Investments, which oversees the Government's stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Bradford & Bingley, etc2009-07-29T06:24:45ZBischoff news fails to inspire Lloyds
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Lloyds Banking Group shares rose just 1.5% on news that veteran banker Win Bischoff is to take over as chairman from Sir Victor Blank in September2009-07-28T07:40:10ZDebt commissioners are the Pitts - it's time they woke up
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This is a wake-up call for the Speaker of the House of Commons. Also for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master of the Rolls, the Paymaster-General and the Governor of the Bank of England and his deputies2009-07-23T06:18:06ZCity Spy: Who is spinning fast over UKFI?
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UK Financial Investments, the quango set up to look after taxpayer stakes in Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scoltand, is clearly unhappy about the amount of media attention it is attracting2009-07-14T07:05:01ZReal dust-up on the cards as banks bailout saga plays out
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Once again, this Government has created a beast it cannot control. When Lloyds TSB, HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland turned to the Treasury for their combined £37 billion bailout last year, wiser voices than mine argued for full rather than part privatisation2009-07-02T06:48:16ZStroppy shareholders are making the hot seat just too uncomfortable
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BP may finally have got its man, but a number of other companies remain chairmanless amid fears that the role at some of Britain's biggest companies may have become just too unpalatable.2009-06-25T08:42:15ZLloyds chief says sorry but HBOS row rages
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Ousted Lloyds Banking Group chairman Sir Victor Blank today apologised to furious shareholders but insisted the takeover of failed rival HBOS was the right thing to do2009-06-05T12:53:03ZTaxpayer body approves pay at Lloyds after Blank’s exit
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The government body which looks after the taxpayer’s stake in bailed-out UK banks today gave its backing to the Lloyds Banking Group board after the ousting of chairman Sir Victor Blank2009-06-02T12:53:07ZYes men to blame for the gravy train
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How often have supposed shareholder revolts on directors' pay turned into a damp squib? Very. Much of the blame can be laid at the door of the institutional shareholders.2009-06-01T07:41:27ZIt’s taking a mere 750 staff to wind up Lehman
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A 750-strong team of PricewaterhouseCoopers and former bank staff handling the Lehman administration is thinking of leaving the bank’s old headquarters at Canary Wharf for cheaper premises in the City?2009-05-19T07:51:53ZBarclays bank ‘insider’ stole £455,000 from Lloyds boss
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A Barclays “client executive”, who helped steal £455,000 from Lloyds TSB chairman Sir Victor Blank, was jailed for three years2009-05-19T15:25:49ZChairmen must face an annual test
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It was suggested here last Monday that it would be best if Sir Victor Blank stood down as chairman of Lloyds Banking Group rather than put the business through the strains of a shareholder revolt against his re-election. That is the decision he has wisely taken and he can now move on.2009-05-18T08:30:14ZLloyds £4bn cash call as chairman search begins
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As Lloyds Banking Group began its search for a new chairman today, it launched a £4 billion fund-raiser to buy back the Government’s preference shares.2009-05-18T08:16:32ZLloyds Chairman Blank to quit in next year
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Sir Victor Blank is to step down as chairman of Lloyds Banking Group in the next year, following intense criticism of his part-nationalised British bank’s purchase of troubled rival HBOS2009-05-18T05:50:51ZBrown’s £24bn Post Office windfall
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John Ralfe, the pensions consultant, did a public service over the weekend when he blew the whistle on the Government’s plans for the Royal Mail pension fund2009-05-11T07:11:35ZKnives out for Sir Victor at dons' high table
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No one seems to have a good word for Sir Victor Blank, chairman of Lloyds, who happily signed up to the merger of HBOS without, as his chief executive admits, doing anywhere near enough due diligence2009-03-20T09:35:04ZThese bosses should join Goodwin in hall of shame
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2009-02-27T09:50:37ZVictor really a loser in the big banks merger?
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Is all well at the top of Lloyds Banking Group? When Lloyds merged with HBOS, there was euphoria at the former's coup.2009-02-23T09:38:29ZHold the Krug as Davos hosts last hurrah for money men
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<strong>Economics: </strong> As the world’s richest and most powerful executives fly out to the luxury Alpine resort of Davos, the hotels and restaurants hosting their glittering parties and dinners are braced for chill economic winds2009-01-27T09:31:36ZSpineless lackeys must join list of shamed bankers
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2009-01-20T09:30:35ZLloyds TSB boss in house price warning
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Sir Victor Blank today said he suspects house prices could fall by up to another 10% in 20092008-12-17T16:38:48ZHSBC did well – by ignoring City’s rules
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Which of our High Street banks has for the most part ridden out the financial crisis? Yep, HSBC, the bank that rode roughshod all over corporate governance rules by successively appointing their chief executives to be chairman2008-12-15T12:30:58ZOne chance for Lloyds’ owners to ditch this rotten deal
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If Eric Daniels, Lloyds’ introverted chief executive, really thinks that the Government, with over 40%, is “just another name on the shareholder register” he ought to get out more2008-10-16T10:00:00ZThe revenge of the nerds
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As the PM steps in to ensure the survival of HBOS, our City editor tells the story of the people at the heart of this great drama2008-09-18T07:50:05ZNow Lloyds sends in the old-fashioned bankers
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It's painful to say so, but HBOS really doesn’t deserve to survive as an independent bank2008-09-18T11:37:21Z