18 September, 2020
Profile: Jane Fraser, new Citigroup CEO, breaks the Wall Street barrier
The appointment of Jane Fraser as chief executive of Citigroup will see America’s fourth largest bank jump ahead of its rivals—at least in terms of board composition. Fraser is the first woman ...
4 February, 2019
Data security poses growing ethics risk
Just a few weeks ago Google received a record €50m (£44m) fine under data protection regulation, sending out a clear warning that companies need to proceed with extreme caution when harvesting, sto...
16 January, 2019
Special report: Future-proofing financial services
Financial services firms are facing an unprecedented raft of challenges. Since the financial crisis, a new regulatory environment has forced a revamp of the responsibilities of boards, pushing functio...
21 December, 2018
A healthy balance for parent banks
A wide range of post-crisis regulatory reforms has created a more complex governance framework for banks when it comes to managing their local subsidiaries. In the past decade, regulators have impl...
27 September, 2018
New world order for global banking
Ten years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the financial system is safer, more robust and governance has improved.
14 September, 2018
Action needed now on banking fraud and the erosion of trust
Why is it that western banks are increasingly reliant on business models that reward staff as salespeople, treat clients as fools, and present financial products like goods on a supermarket shelf? The...
10 September, 2018
When an IT failure should mean ‘goodbye’ for a CEO
In August 2017, container shipping company Maersk was hit by a cyber-attack linked to NotPetya ransomware. The attack, which crippled the company and reportedly caused ships to be kept at sea, cost $3...
9 July, 2018
Solving deep problems with corporate governance requires more than rearranging deck chairs
As the Financial Services Royal Commission rolls on, it’s increasingly likely commiss...
3 July, 2018
PwC to pay $625.3m damages over collapsed US bank
PwC has been ordered by a US court to pay damages of $625.3m (£474.6m) over the audit of a collapsed bank. According to the
18 June, 2018
