Barclays: The bank that LIVED
Strong leaders must choose the right path
The Barclays era dawns
Varley was almost immediately embroiled in an almighty row when his own bank turned to Middle Eastern investors to shore up its capital.
In the middle of October 2008, with the world financial system crumbling, the UK bank regulator, the Financial Services Authority, told all British banks that they must raise new capital. It gave them until June 2009 to do so. No one was fooled by this. The banks didn’t have months. They had a couple of weeks, maybe just days. If they couldn’t raise it, the UK government would inject it.
Barclays did not give existing investors the choice of whether or not to subscribe for new shares. It turned instead to Qatar Holding LLC and entities representing the beneficial interests of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed...
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