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Re: Debanking
It's hard to know who to believe, but in this instance Coutts have shown that they can't be trusted, so I'd be inclined to believe the politician over the bankers.
Still, I've really enjoyed the left-wingers scratching around desperately to defend a high end bank, just so they can have a go at Farage
Still, I've really enjoyed the left-wingers scratching around desperately to defend a high end bank, just so they can have a go at Farage
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Re: Debanking
Well, some good news...
Ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose loses out on £7.6m after Nigel Farage row
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67377140
Ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose loses out on £7.6m after Nigel Farage row
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67377140
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Re: Debanking
What, so now we're punishing people for not doing their jobs properly too?! Whatever next.gremlin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:00 pm Well, some good news...
Ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose loses out on £7.6m after Nigel Farage row
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67377140
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It is even worse than that, she is not getting her bonus after she broke the rules. If you don't deserve a bonus for ignoring the rules the financial industry will collapse.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:03 pmWhat, so now we're punishing people for not doing their jobs properly too?! Whatever next.gremlin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:00 pm Well, some good news...
Ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose loses out on £7.6m after Nigel Farage row
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67377140
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I'm still waiting for the company to be punished.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:03 pmWhat, so now we're punishing people for not doing their jobs properly too?! Whatever next.gremlin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:00 pm Well, some good news...
Ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose loses out on £7.6m after Nigel Farage row
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67377140
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Astonishing that she wasn't found guilty of misconduct, which would have cost her a further £2.4M . Did she not flagrantly breech the privacy/dat protection rules ?
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Yes, but the old boy network works for girls too at that level. Having CEO's held to account, that will never do.Treadeager wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:04 pm Astonishing that she wasn't found guilty of misconduct, which would have cost her a further £2.4M . Did she not flagrantly breech the privacy/dat protection rules ?
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That's an interesting one. What is 'the company'? The execs at any particular time? The other staff, the shareholders, the customers etc. I've worked for companies that, when I left, weren't anything like when I joined (not me guv! ). How do you punish something that is a sort of 'thing', you can't put a company in jail or send it to the gallows. I assume you mean some people should be punished? If so, who?Mussels wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:21 pmI'm still waiting for the company to be punished.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:03 pmWhat, so now we're punishing people for not doing their jobs properly too?! Whatever next.gremlin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:00 pm Well, some good news...
Ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose loses out on £7.6m after Nigel Farage row
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67377140
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As I am sure you know, companies are legal 'people', and they can be fined. Jailing them is difficult, but a big enough fine usually gets the message through. For a company the size of NatWest it needs to be many 00s of £Ms, which will help the Treasury a bit too.Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:36 pmThat's an interesting one. What is 'the company'? The execs at any particular time? The other staff, the shareholders, the customers etc. I've worked for companies that, when I left, weren't anything like when I joined (not me guv! ). How do you punish something that is a sort of 'thing', you can't put a company in jail or send it to the gallows. I assume you mean some people should be punished? If so, who?Mussels wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:21 pmI'm still waiting for the company to be punished.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:03 pm
What, so now we're punishing people for not doing their jobs properly too?! Whatever next.
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But if that fine payment comes out of the company coffers aren't you just punishing the shareholders and customers? It's like regulators fining utility companies rather than the execs (I'll park water companies on this one) - in the end it's the shareholder and customer that suffer. Anyway, so you think they should fine all the execs because the head honcho went rogue?Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:42 pmAs I am sure you know, companies are legal 'people', and they can be fined. Jailing them is difficult, but a big enough fine usually gets the message through. For a company the size of NatWest it needs to be many 00s of £Ms, which will help the Treasury a bit too.Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:36 pmThat's an interesting one. What is 'the company'? The execs at any particular time? The other staff, the shareholders, the customers etc. I've worked for companies that, when I left, weren't anything like when I joined (not me guv! ). How do you punish something that is a sort of 'thing', you can't put a company in jail or send it to the gallows. I assume you mean some people should be punished? If so, who?
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In an ideal world I would hit the Directors in the pocket and spare the rest They (directors) appoint the CEO, and should hold him/her to account. Unfortunately i am not sure the law allows this.
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Ah, OK. So 'the company' is the board. When a company is fined ie water companies for polluting rivers etc or other utilities failing supply requirements, the fine should come directly from the boards pockets? I'd quite like to agree with that.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:56 pm In an ideal world I would hit the Directors in the pocket and spare the rest They (directors) appoint the CEO, and should hold him/her to account. Unfortunately i am not sure the law allows this.
So, when the EU fines Apple for a few billion, the directors should pay the fine?
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Yes, as directors they appoint the CEO, set the company strategy, and hold the CEO to account in following that strategy.Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:53 pmAh, OK. So 'the company' is the board. When a company is fined ie water companies for polluting rivers etc or other utilities failing supply requirements, the fine should come directly from the boards pockets? I'd quite like to agree with that.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:56 pm In an ideal world I would hit the Directors in the pocket and spare the rest They (directors) appoint the CEO, and should hold him/her to account. Unfortunately i am not sure the law allows this.
So, when the EU fines Apple for a few billion, the directors should pay the fine?
At least, that is what I do as a company director. If I just abdicate and let the CEO lead the company into stupid risks I should get penalised. Seems fair to me. Alternatively if I set a foolish strategy that put the company in that position, again I should take the hit.
Obviously the EU is unlikely to collect all its billions, but the principle seems right to me.
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Re: Debanking
Shareholders gotta take the rough with the smooth IMO (saying that as a shareholder in many companies!).
I didn't do anything at all to earn those dividends. Zip. Nada. People seem to forget when you buy a share (not including the IPO) precisely zero pounds of what you paid for the share goes to the company*.
So I expect dividends for doing the square root of FA. I should expect to stomach the cost of fines too.
Utilities are a different matter. IMO they shouldn't be private companies with share holders (or indeed, profit) at all.
*unless you actually bought it off the company, yes it gets complicated
I didn't do anything at all to earn those dividends. Zip. Nada. People seem to forget when you buy a share (not including the IPO) precisely zero pounds of what you paid for the share goes to the company*.
So I expect dividends for doing the square root of FA. I should expect to stomach the cost of fines too.
Utilities are a different matter. IMO they shouldn't be private companies with share holders (or indeed, profit) at all.
*unless you actually bought it off the company, yes it gets complicated
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So, anyone that appoints someone is responsible for everything the appointee does, be it boards and CEOs or anyone that appoints an underling. I have to admit I flinch a bit when the hounds of social media call for, and often get, the heads ie the MD/CEO when some grunt 7 layers below cocks up, because it happened 'on their watch'.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:15 pmYes, as directors they appoint the CEO, set the company strategy, and hold the CEO to account in following that strategy.Count Steer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:53 pmAh, OK. So 'the company' is the board. When a company is fined ie water companies for polluting rivers etc or other utilities failing supply requirements, the fine should come directly from the boards pockets? I'd quite like to agree with that.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:56 pm In an ideal world I would hit the Directors in the pocket and spare the rest They (directors) appoint the CEO, and should hold him/her to account. Unfortunately i am not sure the law allows this.
So, when the EU fines Apple for a few billion, the directors should pay the fine?
At least, that is what I do as a company director. If I just abdicate and let the CEO lead the company into stupid risks I should get penalised. Seems fair to me. Alternatively if I set a foolish strategy that put the company in that position, again I should take the hit.
Obviously the EU is unlikely to collect all its billions, but the principle seems right to me.
I'm not sure I'd agree to be reduced to penury if I was the dissenting voice on the board when a CEO was selected but I still got hit with a fine when they chummied up with a reporter.
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Goes with the territory. If you were that dissenting, ie you really thought the CEO was a diasaster waitimg to happen, you would resign and walk away
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Sooooo....your answer to a democratic vote that doesn't go in your favour is to leave, right?.......Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:48 pm Goes with the territory. If you were that dissenting, ie you really thought the CEO was a diasaster waitimg to happen, you would resign and walk away
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Not quite. Lots of decisions I could (and do) live with, but an out-of-control CEO would make me want to put distance between me and the train crash.
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Re: Debanking
Shareholders* have power over how the company is run so if the management break the law it's right for the company to be fined, some incentive for shareholders to keep management in check.
* Some more than others.
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