Epstein Secrets

e case of RBS, there was a wholesale and deserved clear out of executives and board members with Stephen Hester coming in as new chief executive. In Stephen's case, it was striking to me, just as in politics, what a difference the strength of personality and calm people skills of a business leader can m

r his chief executive Andy Hornby, at this stage but later he described to me the `perfect storm' that had engulfed their business. I also knew the Lloyds TSB chairman, Victor Blank, because he also chaired the company that owned the Mirror newspapers. Victor, rather unfairly I thought, did not surviv

e case of RBS, there was a wholesale and deserved clear out of executives and board members with Stephen Hester coming in as new chief executive. In Stephen's case, it was striking to me, just as in politics, what a difference the strength of personality and calm people skills of a business leader can m

r his chief executive Andy Hornby, at this stage but later he described to me the `perfect storm' that had engulfed their business. I also knew the Lloyds TSB chairman, Victor Blank, because he also chaired the company that owned the Mirror newspapers. Victor, rather unfairly I thought, did not surviv

ider Ross McEwan as its new CEO (taking over from Stephen Hester) • ECB's Jens Weidmann backs releasing m

deposit insurance levy of between 50 and 100bps which they'll announce tomorrow. European markets also broadly higher to start the session. SocGen, Lloyds, Danske Bank all trading up over +7-8% on solid numbers has the Stoxx600 Bank Index (SX7P) leading the way up. Healthcare underperforms as Sanofi i