Fantastic presentation on the Ulster Bank scandal from ex RBS/NatWest treasury executive @ianhtyler. He finds it astonishing that John Swift KC was paid £7m-£8m to review the FCA’s swaps redress scheme when he didn’t really understand swaps.
It was “completely fraudulent” of Ulster Bank to book hidden liabilities against business customers in order to take hidden margin from swap sales, and the failure of regulators to take action is worse — ex RBS/NatWest Treasury manager @ianhtyler at #TTF Ulster Bank scandal event
Steve Middleton makes clear RBS/NatWest bank managers *did* personally benefit from selling IRHPs to business customers, sometimes doubling their salaries by selling three in a year. “There’s a mass of lies about the Ulster Bank sales process”. Email is from Perks vs NatWest case
False accounting: many senior Irish bankers escaped jail, despite false assumptions about IASB accounting standards permitting their banks to hide losses, misrepresent their financial position and fraudulently borrow funds: ex consultant with Lombard Risk Systems @Cormacbutler
“Ulster Bank cannot pass on the cost of their own illegal borrowing to you, the customer. If the term ‘cost of funds’ appears anywhere in your IRHP agreement, the agreement is INVALID.”
Excellent and informative presentation from @Cormacbutler
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High Court judge Mr Justice [Jonathan] Swift, who today rejected Julian Assange’s appeal against the order to extradite him on all grounds, is increasingly seen as “government-friendly”. In December 2022, Swift declared Britain’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda lawful.
Reporters Without Borders (@RSF_inter) today said: “It’s absurd that a single judge can issue a three-page decision that could land Julian Assange in prison for the rest of his life and permanently impact the climate for journalism around the world.” rsf.org/en/uk-julian-a…
It also looks like Mr Jonathan Swift may have aided and abetted the coverup of the Post Office Horizon scandal.
“Many female staff at Odey Asset Management learnt to avoid Crispin Odey by ducking into the storage room or toilets when they heard him approaching. They developed a nickname for their boss: The Octopus”
This is how “odious” Crispin Odey treated one Odey Asset Management receptionist Emily. The details of his sexual assaults of, and inappropriate behaviour towards, female staff members and other women in his orbit are shocking. Excellent journalism by @miss_marriage.
Should’ve added that two other journalists worked alongside Madison Marriage on @FTMag’s in-depth investigative article on Crispin “The Octopus 🐙” Odey — @antoniacundy and @pcaruanagalizia
Gordon Brown’s government and the Bank of England pressured, even coerced, banks to falsify Libor—rates at which they could borrow from other banks—during the 2008 crisis, yet it was individual traders who took the rap, according to new evidence outlined in @andyverity’s «Rigged»
ex Brexit secretary David Davis is calling for an inquiry into claims that “British and US authorities covered up state involvement in Libor-rigging and the scapegoating of low and middle-ranking bankers, some of whom have spent years in jail”. thetimes.co.uk/article/riggin…
Andrew Tyrie, who chaired the @CommonsTreasury when it investigated Libor-rigging, expressed concern that claims in Andy Verity’s ‘Rigged’ suggested that the “committee’s inquiry into the Libor scandal was not told the whole truth”. @jameshurley@andyverity
(3} After The Spectator tweeted the link to Sam Ashworth-Hayes’ immigration piece, only one of the four initial respondents was critical of the mag’s use of this disgusting/racist illustration.
The pound has rebounded since @bankofengland's market intervention (earlier today it pledged to buy £65bn of long-dated gilts and curtail quantitative tightening ).
After the Bank of England intervened to calm markets, saying it would buy long-dated bonds at “whatever scale is necessary”, sterling rebounded, and 30-year gilt yields fell to 3.91%. fuelled by the BoE's commitment to postponing quantitative tightening marketwatch.com/story/gilt-yie…
Liability-driven investment blow-up: @bankofengland made its emergency intervention today because pension funds pursuing LDI strategies were left vulnerable to a liquidity squeeze as long-dated gilt yields jerked higher. @toby_nft.com/content/038b30…
The Loire, France’s longest river, has virtually dried up at Pont de Varades in Loire-Atlantique. #drought2022 📷 @DubrayFranck
Following more than forty days of drought, the Loire has fallen to its lowest level in 150 years, with the water that remains climbing to a temperature of 27 °C, which can be fatal for aquatic life. ouest-france.fr/meteo/secheres…
The northern branch of the Loire at Pont de Varades is regularly drier than the southern branch, which flows under pont de Saint-Florent-Le-Veil to the south of île Batailleuse. Here it is the N. branch in summer 2020 when Pont de Varades was being reinforced. 📸 @PaulPascalCG44