Pragmatist

I found myself watching The Big Short again on Saturday, and made a note to catch up on the current state of various debt bubbles that hav...

At least 17 years too late, the Bank for International Settlements (the central bank for central banks) has become very concerned about t...

As the final echo of the Vote Leave battle bus dies away amongst the villages and byways of England's south west, a strange chant ris...

In the worst act of vandalism since the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410, the UK has been ripped out of the European Union by regional voters...

The CEO of UBS yesterday joined other wolves in sheeps clothing big bank leaders in calling for freedom to make 'honest mistakes...

I've read with fascination the UK banks' attempts to justify their decades-old fake collection letter scam . The RBS letter is he...

If UK banks ran our restaurants, we'd all be spending a lot more time in our smallest rooms. In the latest example, the Financial...

You would not expect a conglomerate under heavy regulatory fire to use its latest results announcement to campaign against regulation . B...

Good to see the short sellers doing the regulators' work for them again - not that the authorities like it.  Last week, Spain...

I'm a great fan of trade bodies that introduce necessary self-regulation and create an efficient bridge between industry and official...

The departure of Lloyds Banking Group chairman, Sir Win Bischoff, provides another reminder that nothing much has changed in UK banking. ...

Six years of financial crisis have finally produced some of the legal changes that will expose the cosy world of regulated financial serv...

I just don't get it. The UK is awash with debt it can't shift, yet the UK government thinks it's a great idea to ensure that ...

What a difference a year makes. At an industry event yesterday none other than Nicola Horlick , a well-known fund manager, confirmed her...

Ominous bursts of smoke have been rising from Gillian Tett recently.  On September 12, the lady who gave us Fool's Gold pointed...

Ross McEwan's appointment as CEO of RBS roundly endorsed his remark that he has been "quite surprised by how bad this industry ...

The Church of England's terrible muddle over pay day lending shows that it's out of touch with the details in the payday lending...

You have to wonder whether the UK's banking crisis will ever end. After months of wrangling, the regulators have finally decided whi...

This week saw the publication of two reports that highlight the woeful set of priorities that govern the activities of the Public Account...

Source: Guardian/Observer The spin doctors are feverishly applying lipstick to RBS, so it can be 're-privatised' in time for ...