英國巴克萊銀行8月30日任命了新任首席執(zhí)行官。負(fù)責(zé)該行零售銀行業(yè)務(wù)的主管安東尼·詹金斯將接替此前因Libor操縱案而被迫辭職的戴蒙德。此項(xiàng)任命被視為巴克萊在操縱利率丑聞后作出戰(zhàn)略調(diào)整的強(qiáng)烈信號(hào)。
Mr. Diamond and the bank’s chairman,Marcus Agius,both resigned in the wake of another scandal-the £290m settlement with regulators in June over the bank’s involvement in the attempted manipulation of Libor benchmark borrowing rates lasting several years up to 2009.
巴克萊銀行涉嫌在截至2009年的幾年中,有意對Libor(倫敦銀行間隔夜拆借利率)進(jìn)行操縱,被迫與監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)達(dá)成2.9億英鎊的和解協(xié)議,首席執(zhí)行官戴蒙德和董事長阿吉厄斯為此于6月雙雙辭職。(《金融時(shí)報(bào)》)
詹金斯現(xiàn)年51歲,畢業(yè)于牛津大學(xué),之前負(fù)責(zé)巴克萊的全部零售銀行業(yè)。在兩個(gè)月的首席執(zhí)行官遴選中,“首選內(nèi)部人”詹金斯在與幾名“外部人”的競爭中勝出。
The appointment of Jenkins fills the second of the top two posts left vacant at Barclays by the Libor scandal.Outgoing chairman Marcus Agius,who also resigned over the rate-rigging,will be replaced in November by former Morgan Stanley advisor David Walker.
本次任命是巴克萊填補(bǔ)高層空缺的第二步。因Libor操縱案丑聞,巴克萊董事長阿吉厄斯也被迫下課,前摩根史丹利高級(jí)顧問戴維·沃克將于11月?lián)未寺殹?路透)
沃克此前曾任摩根士丹利分公司董事長,也曾在英國財(cái)政部、英格蘭銀行(央行)任高級(jí)職務(wù),并出任過萊斯銀行和法通保險(xiǎn)等公司的高管。
Jenkins’rise to the top underscores how the investment bank has lost the clout it enjoyed internally under former trader Diamond and a reorganisation is on the cards that will not please all.
詹金斯的崛起,印證了在巴克萊銀行內(nèi)部,曾深受前任CEO戴蒙德偏愛的投資銀行業(yè)務(wù)正在失寵,預(yù)期中的部門重組自然不會(huì)取悅所有人。(路透社)
雖然詹金斯未對投行業(yè)務(wù)的前景進(jìn)行置評,但他已經(jīng)表示該部門需要在經(jīng)濟(jì)走軟和監(jiān)管增強(qiáng)之下做出調(diào)整。投行業(yè)務(wù)給巴克萊帶來了不少麻煩,卻也是其皇冠上的珠寶,今年上半年,該行全部利潤的54%來自投行部門的貢獻(xiàn)。
Mr. Jenkins said restoring the bank’s battered reputation was his top priority but added that profitability targets would have to be trimmed to more realistic levels,too,as he abandoned his predecessor’s target of a 13-15 percent return on equity.
詹金斯說,為巴克萊重振已然破碎的聲譽(yù)是其首要任務(wù)。他還表示,將放棄前任預(yù)設(shè)的13%至15%的股本回報(bào)預(yù)期,巴克萊的盈利目標(biāo)將被調(diào)降到“更合理的水平”。(《金融時(shí)報(bào)》)
詹金斯表示,明年第一季度,他將公布一份全面的巴克萊“轉(zhuǎn)型計(jì)劃”,該銀行將用三至五年時(shí)間,針對公司的戰(zhàn)略和經(jīng)營方式實(shí)施必要的改革。但目前不會(huì)馬上著手對高管團(tuán)隊(duì)進(jìn)行調(diào)整。