29 Feb 2012

Assuming a Meteorite hits New York

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all banks in the USA may see their ratings downgraded. That seems to be the logic behind the thinking that causes Tom Brown to decry the la...
27 Feb 2012

UBS appoints ex Bear Stearns CFO to senior role

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One can only wonder, and wonder and wonder again about the Personnel Policy (if you can call it that) at UBS . Just last week someone still ...
19 Feb 2012

Toxic Mix - Politics and Consultants

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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) had enough problems at its hands before a young and inexperienced politician and a consulting firm made its li...
10 Feb 2012

Compensation under control?

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Despite our recent positive comment on Barclays Bank we have to put out a critical comment about the compensation practices at the leading ...

Goldman Spin Master to retire

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Goldman's public image suffered a few scratches during the past few years. So when we spotted that the firm's PR supremo was leaving...
9 Feb 2012

Barclays does not 'fall short'

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As some in the Media and Analyst community may want you to believe. I am the first to be sceptical when banks make grandiose announcements ...
8 Feb 2012

Are Bankers really overpaid?

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Are all bankers overpaid? This seems to be the conclusion when reading the news on a daily basis. But reports that hundreds of headteachers ...
7 Feb 2012

How to avoid employment tribunals - better people management

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It may well be too easy in the UK to launch an appeal to an employment tribunal but it usually takes two to tango and without passing judgem...
3 Feb 2012

UBS - curious selection of new board members

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What is the 'politically correct' composition of a company board? We are not sure that board members are more than an in-house manag...
2 Feb 2012

Credit Traders accused of manipulating valuations

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During the court case in which former senior credit traders of Credit Suisse are accused of manipulating the valuations of their trading bo...