I was invited to a reception at the House of Lords this evening:   I have to say that such an invitation is, in itself,
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This came from the HSBC Chairman’s statement this morning: The recent disclosures around unacceptable historical practices and behaviour within the Swiss private bank remind us
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Syriza has the nigh on impossible task of presenting a list of reforms to the IMF, ECB and EU today that does at the same
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As the FT notes this morning: UK regulators will include banks’ and insurers’ senior non-executives alongside chairmen in a tough new personal liability regime to
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In the February 2015 Taxcast: Just what does a bank have to do to lose its licence?! We look at the fall out from the
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I am not sure it is a universal truth that if you believe in what your company does then you should use its products. But
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This is the man who tried to kill democracy this week: That’s German finance minster Wolfgang Schauble. Our hope must be that he fails. If
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Suppose you realised that there was no way on earth you could stay in the Euro. Supposed you realised that to do so was electoral
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This chart was issued by HMRC this morning: As was this table (which I would have preferred over a long time period but have not
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