If you haven’t had a chance to do so already, it really is worth skimming through the BBA’s report on Promoting Competition in the UK Banking Industry.
Blogged: Competition, Competition, Competition
Lord Ian Blair on Culture and Standards
As part of our Changing Culture lecture series, we were addressed last Wednesday by the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Lord Ian Blair.
Archbishop on Banking Standards and Ethics
Many thanks to The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury for addressing the New City Agenda audience on the 17th June 2014, on the topic of Banking Standards and Ethics. Fresh from his meeting with Pope…
“Future of Banking – Standards and Ethics” with the Archbishop of Canterbury
Tuesday 17th June, 14:00-15:00, House of Lords
This Lecture forms part of a series on the broader topic of institutional cultures and culture change. This particular session will look at the Standards and Ethics necessary to improve the Culture and Practices of the banking sector.
By invitation only.
Deutsche’s Fan Problems
Something rather novel happened last week. Colin Fan, co-head of Deutsche Bank’s investment branch, sent a video to the group’s traders informing them that “Being boastful, indiscreet and vulgar is not OK”. And whilst Fan choose not to opine on…
Thoughts on Sir Richard Lambert’s Lecture
During last Wednesday’s successful launch of New City Agenda, held in Parliament, Sir Richard Lambert delivered an insightful and thought-provoking lecture.
Can the City ever be good for Society?
Since the Financial Crash in 2008, the City has quite rightly received its fair share of criticism for what went wrong. There are simply no excuses for the pain and misery they have caused to millions of citizens in this country and Lord Adair Turner’s (as Chairman of the FSA) words in 2009 that “The City has grown too big and parts of it are “socially useless” seemed to strike a chord with the public at large. Meanwhile, the topic of bankers bonuses still makes the blood boil of ordinary citizens of this country and they struggle to comprehend why senior bankers didn’t go to prison for the crisis they caused.