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 24 June 2008 - The Evening Standard - A principle we must save at B&B
29 May 2008 - The FT - Investors criticise investment bank underwriting fees
24 March 2008 - The FT - Auditors push to limit liability
23 March 2008 - Sunday Telegraph - Investor group attacks executive 'rewards for failure'
21 March 2008 - The Independent - Shamed by the rogue traders

 24 June - The Evening Standard - A principle we must save at B&B
 While most attention in the City is focused on HBOS and whether its £4 billion rights issue will be left with the underwriters, it is in fact the much smaller Bradford & Bingley issue that should be the main centre of concern.  

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 29 May - The FT - Investors criticise investment bank underwriting fees
 Keith Skeoch has warned of a backlash against investment banks that have earned lumpy fees from advising on company rights issues at the expense of shareholders.

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24 March - The FT - Auditors push to limit liability
 Review of the implications for the auditing industry after the 2006 Companies Act reforms. Michael McKersie of the Association of British Insurers said: 'Monetary caps are a no-no. Caps would also be likely to enhance the credibility of the Big Four since they will always be able to contract for a cap of a particular size. If we're saying we want choice, the danger is we'll have to start compromising on what would be an appropriate cap.'

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23 March - Sunday Telegraph - Investor group attacks executive 'rewards for failure'.
The Association of British Insurers has written to remuneration consultants to express its concern that companies are paying one-off cash or shares packages to internal directors who were put up for chief executive positions but failed to secure the posts. The letter said it 'should be the exception rather than the norm.' Two payments made by GSK are listed as key examples of the problem.
  
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21 March 2008 - The Independent - Shamed by the rogue traders
 Analysis of the alleged Singapore-based market abuse perpetrated against HBOS. Peter Montagnon, director of investment affairs at the Association of British Insurers, said: 'This is the most egregious example of market manipulation imaginable. In the end it hurts all those with legitimate business in the market.'
Read this story online at The Independent.

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