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Report urges UK banking transparency

By Patrick Jenkins, Banking Editor

Published: July 16 2009 10:01 | Last updated: July 16 2009 14:52

Banks must brace themselves for a rash of board-level bureaucracy, if the proposals of the Walker Review on financial sector corporate governance, published on Thursday, are accepted.

Sir David Walker, the former chairman of Morgan Stanley International, and author of the report, said financial groups should set up board risk committees, separate from audit committees, to ensure executives are not allowed to run amok.

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