01 Jul 2005
Co-operative Bank, noted for its strong ethical policies, took the moral high ground last week when...' (The Sunday Times, 26 June) were deemed inappropriate for a bank proud of its commitment to 'diversity and dignity' (ekklesia.co.uk, 25 June).
Co-operative Bank's message attracted general endorsement, but there were dissenters, Stephen Green of Christian Voice being the most vocal.
He described the bank ...
01 Jul 2005
| by Anthony Hilton, City commentator on London's Evening Standard, anthony.hilton@haynet.com
Even in a sadly cynical world, they take your breath away. Take an email from the Treasury's Shriti Vadera to colleagues, in which she discusses a complex form of refinancing for holders of bonds in the railway company: 'It would have the great presentational advantage of not being seen to bail out the banks ...
01 Jul 2005
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Murray currently has contracts with Fred Perry, Robinsons, Royal Bank of Scotland and Head. ...
13 May 2005
| by Anthony Hilton, City commentator on London's Evening Standard; anthony.hilton@haynet.com
been like this, but investment banks have become much more skilled at gauging demand for new issues ...
to produce post-flotation let-down.
The investment banks don't mind this because they no longer value long ...
04 Mar 2005
| by Richard Cann
to details of laborious centuries from Graham Gooch and Geoff Marsh.
Bank of England's Kate Barker, a ...