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Hector Sants RSS feedCity Spy: Lords in search of bonus soundbite?
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It's fascinating how ministers propose to legislate on bank bonuses. When the Financial Services Authority published its proposed rules in March and invited views, plenty of banks and professional bodies duly responded but members of the Government maintained their silence2009-08-17T05:47:14ZComment: Politicians must ensure that all banks change their ways
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Listen to most politicians about the causes of the credit crunch and they will cite greedy fat cat bankers with their over-the-top bonuses and mega-rich, two-fingers-to-everyone-else lifestyles2009-08-12T07:51:48ZWatchdog warns banks over a return to big bonuses
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City regulator Hector Sants today warned London-based banks that they should not return to their “bad old ways”2009-08-12T07:56:30ZTory promise to abolish FSA creates havoc, chief says
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The Financial Services Authority could struggle to operate effectively after the Tories revealed their plans to abolish it, chief executive Hector Sants is warning2009-07-24T07:50:35ZTop City watchdog turns down £130,000 bonus
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The City's top regulator has turned down his bonus for the last year, sending a signal to bankers and directors that they need to cut back on their fat-cat rewards2009-06-24T13:57:41ZWho are MPs to call others naive? They haven't a clue
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Please sir, in my next life can I be John McFall or, failing that, a member of his Treasury Select Committee? The reason I ask is that it must be great fun to sit in judgment on others, to not have a clue how their industry works or where they're coming from, and then to slag them off...2009-05-18T07:21:04ZCode can't really be our best shot
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When you meet someone these days who was until recently a non-executive director of one of the banks, it does not take long before the conversation turns to what went wrong.2009-03-18T09:49:01ZCity watchdog proposes new curbs on risky lending by banks
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Banks today faced new curbs on lending and stricter oversight in an attempt to restore confidence in the financial industry2009-03-18T09:34:44ZShareholders must raise their game to stop the rot
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After two years in which the market value of the banking sector as measured by the FTSE 100 index has gone from £325 billion to £35 billion, it is surprising how rarely people ask what the institutional shareholders were doing when the bank managements were setting off down the path to destruction2009-03-13T09:07:29ZBe very afraid, boss of top City watchdog warns managements
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People should “be very frightened” of the City regulator, Financial Services Authority chief executive Hector Sants said2009-03-12T14:11:11ZCrisis sparks leap in banks' watchdog bill
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<strong>Regulation: </strong> The fees High Street banks pay to the City watchdog will double next year as a result of the economic crisis. The total bill for the Financial Services Authority will rise by £117 million to £415 million in the coming year2009-02-12T14:01:05ZWatchdog to crack down on City's bonus culture
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A huge overhaul of the "unacceptable" bonus culture in the City has been launched by its chief watchdog2008-10-13T08:48:42ZGuarantee on savings raised to £50,000
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The City watchdog raised the guarantee on personal savings from £35,000 to £50,000 as it moved to restore confidence in the banking sector2008-10-03T13:02:57ZShort-seller with a £1bn bet that British banks will fall
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A hedge fund named as a major short seller in a string of British banks was defiant today, saying: "These companies are not strong."2008-09-24T08:42:51ZCommentary: Short-sellers were just feeding on weakness of the banks
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Finally, the cavalry has arrived. As they haul themselves out of their upturned wagons and pick themselves gingerly over the carcasses of fallen comrades, those bankers still left standing are entitled to ask of the Financial Services Authority, where have you been?2008-09-19T08:26:38Z'Death sentence' for short-sellers
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City speculators who bet on bank shares falling face a "bloodbath"2008-09-19T13:13:06ZSympathy is in short supply for AIG’s boss
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Not too many tears for AIG's beleaguered chief executive Bob Willumstad, City Spy senses2008-09-18T11:03:52ZDeal the watchdog was begging for
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The £1.26 billion takeover of Alliance & Leicester by Spanish giant Santander will delight many in the City - none more so than Hector Sants2008-07-14T12:55:14ZHas the market maxed out on pessimism yet?
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"Bull markets are born on pessimism... the time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy." Thus Sir John Templeton, who died this week after proving another maxim, that an interest in markets is a fine way to longevity. He was 95, and one of the outstanding investors of the last century2008-07-10T10:37:58ZHas the market maxed out on pessimism yet?
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"Bull markets are born on pessimism... the time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy." Thus Sir John Templeton, who died this week after proving another maxim, that an interest in markets is a fine way to longevity. He was 95, and one of the outstanding investors of the last century2008-07-10T10:38:35ZLet's not rush to over-regulate
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Marketing folk tell you the reputation of a company is not destroyed by the mistakes it makes, but by the way it recovers having made one2008-07-01T09:23:06ZLarge pay rises for FSA chiefs despite Rock fiasco
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The two men in charge of the City watchdog which oversaw the collapse and nationalisation of Northern Rock received inflation-busting pay rises last year2008-06-30T15:09:28ZWhy watchdog's right to pull hedges up short
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2008-06-16T13:04:49ZWatchdog gets more bite in war on rogue traders
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The Financial Services Authority has launched an unprecedented crackdown on rogue traders2008-06-13T09:58:36ZBig banks 'were on call to save B&B rights issue'
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UK clearing banks were lined up to bail out Bradford & Bingley's £400 million fund-raising2008-06-09T10:38:38ZWatchdog sniffing out bonus peril
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I despair of ever getting banks to realise that incentivising staff to do deals, make loans and expand the balance sheet regardless of the quality is asking for trouble2008-05-16T12:03:44ZCity turning a blind eye to market abuse, FSA tells MPs
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The financial watchdog accused City firms of turning a blind eye to market abuse and called for the introduction of plea bargaining to bolster its fight against insider trading.2008-05-07T08:35:48ZFSA staff get same bonuses in spite of bank crisis
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The watchdog which admitted a catalogue of failures over the Northern Rock crisis has dished out the same level of bonuses to staff as last year2008-05-06T13:37:58ZEra of cheap mortgages over says City watchdog
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Millions of homeowners have been warned they face higher mortgage bills amid predictions the cheap credit era is over2008-02-27T10:22:21Z£5.7 billion HBOS sees a difficult time ahead
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HBOS, Britain's fourth-largest bank and owner of the biggest mortgage lender Halifax, has warned that it expects financial market conditions to remain uncertain throughout 20082008-02-27T08:44:18Z