Northern Rock - why it abused the charity
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Several people have questioned why I think Northern Rock abused Down’s Syndrome North East by naming that charity as the beneficiary of the charitable trust
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Northern Rock - rotten abuse of charity
Monday, October 8th, 2007The FT blog has a post on it that reproduces a statement from Down’s Syndrome North East, which says: In connection with the current problems
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PWC in deep trouble
Friday, October 5th, 2007I think I’ve mentioned Francine Mckenna’s amazing blog called Re The Auditors before. If not, it’s been a massive oversight. Anyone with an interest in
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PWC - compromised on Northern Rock
Sunday, September 30th, 2007The Observer has noted today that: Northern Rock’s accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers is facing accusations of a damaging conflict of interest after it emerged that it earned
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The Observer on Special Purpose Vehicles
Sunday, September 30th, 2007I asked recently why no one was talking about the risks to ordinary people in the UK from the use of ‘special purpose vehicles’ (SPVs)
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There's none so blind as those that will not see
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Accountancy Age has reported that the Tories are confused by Alistair Darling’s call for a review of the off balance sheet finance of banks at
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Transparency International's new Corruption Perceptions Index - getting it wrong again
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007Transparency International have published their new Corruption Perceptions Index today. I remain worried by this index. It covers 179 countries. Look at the top decile
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HBOS - where are the Chinese Walls in its Treasury?
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007There’s a simple rule in finance. It says don’t mix your money with the customers. So I was surprised to read the HBOS 2006 result
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Just waiting for your call
Monday, September 24th, 2007I’ve read Alistair Darling’s speech to the Labour party conference yesterday. He said: We need to be able to separate out ordinary savers money. Paying
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