Barclaysneeds a “new culture”, Sir Mervyn King, Bank of England governor, told members of parliament this week. They also heard the Financial Services Authority’s top prudential regulator, Andrew Bailey, accuse the bank of “a culture of gaming – and gaming us”. This broadening of the fallout after Barclays admitted to misreporting key interest rates, from specific misdemeanours to corporate culture, is a well-timed warning.
英國央行(BoE)行長默文•金爵士(Sir Mervyn King)最近向國會議員們表示,巴克萊(Barclays)需要一種「新的文化」。英國金融服務管理局(FSA)負責審慎監管的最高官員安德魯•比利(Andrew Bailey)也向議員們表示,巴克萊現有的文化是「一種賭博文化——與我們大家對賭」。在巴克萊承認虛報關鍵利率報價之後,這件事開始衝擊到方方面面,從具體的不檢點行爲到企業文化。這對我們是一種警告,而且來得正是時候。