Finding the balance between making financial institutions safe and secure and also fostering economic growth and job creation is what we need. We need tough supervision and monitoring of these rules so that we don't run into the situation again… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
In our equities business, 49 of the 50 most important Lehman clients are back doing business with us. The flows are 75 to 80… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
Soon after the financial crisis of 2008, I was at a meeting in Washington with a group of U.S. senators. They had invited me… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
When the U.K. or U.S. government issues bonds to fund a deficit, the buyers are not solely in the U.K. or the U.S. -… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
You shouldn't be trying to create a system where no bank fails, but you should be creating one that catches a bank and allows… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
Is it okay for a U.S. bank to pay a U.S. banker but not a U.K. bank to pay a U.S. banker? — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
If someone can't behave with their colleagues and can't be part of the culture, it doesn't matter how good they are at what they… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
I recall my dad saying about me once that the only time he'd ever heard me say 'never' was when I was asked if… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
The ultimate arbiters of the models of banking and the management of banking are the investors. It's the shareholders. — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
Banks hold deposits and savings entrusted to them by individuals, by businesses, by governments and by central banks. They put that money to work,… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
Finding the balance between making financial institutions safe and secure and also fostering economic growth and job creation is what we need. We need… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
My obligation is to the owners of Barclays, my shareholders. They hired me. People who criticise compensation for individuals in isolation at, say, BarCap,… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
