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Barnier outsources dirigisme on bank pay

Bonus cap set by shareholders proposed

From FINANCIALS May 14, 2012

Subtraction of Plus to underline deficit

A broader worry is that investment in smaller companies is in irreversible decline

From FINANCIALS May 10, 2012

Guy forks out the cash for Terra Firma

The financier is shelling out £20m on retention bonuses

From HEALTH May 9, 2012

GSK’s knowledge key to hostility

From UK May 8, 2012

Pay votes are bad proxies for investors’ wider gripes

Finding a less equivocal means of communication than objecting to a remuneration report

May 3, 2012

Shareholder spring set to flatten bosses

Investors expect to see further censure votes this month

From MEDIA May 2, 2012

Ofcom must rise above hate storm on BSkyB

Watchdog must prove itself less malleable than Jeremy Hunt

May 1, 2012

Glenstrata objectors derail unstoppable Ivan

From FINANCIALS Apr 30, 2012

Tungsten could give RBS and Lloyds a Plan B

Tenacity and an inability to take No for an answer are recognised qualities of entrepreneurs

From FINANCIALS Apr 26, 2012

Futile for Man chief to rage against machine

Peter Clarke faces struggle with automated trader

From UK Apr 25, 2012

Smith’s exit pins suspicion on lobbyists

News Corp has ensured that companies will find it harder to talk privately to ministers

From ENERGY Apr 24, 2012

Shell bets on undiscovered value at Cove

‘There’s gas in them thar turbidite fan systems’

Apr 23, 2012

Gout firm cure for AstraZeneca afflictions

From UK Apr 19, 2012

Bob’s semi-apology must presage climbdown

Extracting a small concession from the UK’s most assertive bank boss should be just the start

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Apr 18, 2012

Tesco substitutes smiles for capex

Sales will feel the cutback in expansion in absolute terms and in comparison with rivals

From UK Apr 17, 2012

An appropriate but improbable BoE boss

From UK Apr 17, 2012

LME’s plan to ditch sterling recognises need to adapt

Move is another signal the UK economy is being jostled to the margins by newer powers

From FINANCIALS Apr 12, 2012

Lloyds boss lumbers it with sub-scale sale

António Horta-Osório is hoist of his own petard

From FINANCIALS Apr 11, 2012

US disposal would bolster Aviva

Insurer’s shares trade at discount to swankier rivals

From FINANCIALS Apr 10, 2012

Barclays could start a counter-revolution

Bank says it cannot unilaterally cut the pay of bankers without damaging competitiveness

Lombard

Jonathan Guthrie Jonathan Guthrie is the City editor of the FT, writing and editing Lombard, the agenda-setting column on London-listed businesses and on finance. He has worked for the FT Group for 17 years. For eight years he contributed a weekly column on British business and politics that blended humour with serious comment. His posts have included enterprise editor, Midlands correspondent, UK companies editor, and magazine editor.

Jonathan has edited or contributed to books on eurobonds, derivatives, investment management and M&A published by The Economist, International Financing Review and Mercury Asset Management.

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