Tag Archives: FSA

Investment banks don’t yet know their ABC

One of the most important lessons in life is how to prioritise things – how to spend your limited time, energy, money and other resources on the things that matter.  It’s the bedrock of the risk-based approach beloved (-ish) of … Continue reading

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PEPs cost Coutts dear

In its largest-ever financial penalty levied for AML failings, the FSA has fined Coutts & Co £8,750,000 for AML failings.  The full FSA notice is here, and it makes depressing reading – one might have hoped that the banker to … Continue reading

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Girl guidance

You know how there are some words you find yourself saying dozens of times a day – diligence, laundering, chocolate.  Well, one I use more than most is “guidance”.  I must have said it a hundred times yesterday, when I … Continue reading

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Sure, you can pat him

You know your neighbour with that enormous dog, the one that snoozes quietly in the garden most of the time, but you’re warned not to turn your back on him “because he’s a bit unpredictable”?  Well, that’s the FSA.  They … Continue reading

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