Oxfam is only the latest institution to find that good intentions are not enough to make it immune from disgraceful behaviour or a culture which sees such behaviour as the norm or something which cannot be challenged. On Radio 4’s The World at One on 13 February an interviewee said this about the aid sector:… Read more »
Posts By: barrywalsh
GETTING AWAY WITH IT
“The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has prosecuted eight cases of insider trading in the past five years and secured 12 convictions.” It is all the more important for firms to establish and reinforce – continuously – the right culture themselves rather than rely on wrongdoers being caught by others. Markets and market participants we can… Read more »
ALL CHANGE AT THE FCA?
The new Chair of the FCA, Charles Randell, is a critical and very welcome appointment. There will, of course, be much for him to deal with when he takes up his appointment. One thing for him to ponder is the somewhat depressing fact that the level of misconduct among firms was the same in 2015… Read more »