Financial Markets
14 hours ago
Bob Diamond, who stepped down as head of Barclays last year amid a rate-rigging scandal, is considering backing a firm started by former executives at the bank’s investment unit that was acquired by BlackRock in 2009, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Financial Markets
3 weeks ago
Would you feel uplifted if the state sold some shares in Royal Bank of Scotland at a loss ?
Financial Markets
3 weeks ago
Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has hit out at Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King, who he says had 'no authority' to push him out of the bank following the Libor scandal.
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Financial Markets
3 weeks ago
Bob Diamond, the former boss of Barclays who made £98m in six years, has insisted he never worked for money and that his vast rewards were merely the result of his hard work.
Financial Markets
3 weeks ago
How the mighty have fallen.
Financial Markets
4 weeks ago
Barclays is reaping the benefit of ex-CEO Bob Diamond’s decision to buy Lehman Brothers’ North American unit, as the division helped to push equities revenue up 19%.
Financial Markets
4 weeks ago
The new boss of Barclays was on Wednesday forced to defend releasing details of multimillion pound bonuses on the day of the budget as he revealed the bank's continued reliance on investment banking.
Financial Markets
2 months ago
Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond is set to be paid about 2 million pounds ($3 million) in July, a year after he left the bank following its Libor interest rate rigging scandal.
Financial Markets
3 months ago
Barclays has clawed back up to £300m in bonuses paid to staff, after being fined for Libor-rigging and paying out millions for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance and interest rate swaps.
Financial Markets
3 months ago
The buzz in financial circles is that two fallen bank stars - former Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit and Barclays boss Bob Diamond - are plotting their returns soon after being booted from their respective banks.