http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/lombardhttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnist/lombardFT.com - Lombarden© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:30:36 +0000Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:49:46 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/lombard(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f13c7bc0-db93-11de-9424-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f13c7bc0-db93-11de-9424-00144feabdc0.htmlThe bid for Cadbury seems to have been running for months. But in a formal sense it hasn't even started. Meanwhile, Cadbury shareholders' questions are multiplying. We answer a few of themFri, 27 Nov 2009 23:30:36 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0675ae5a-dac5-11de-933d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0675ae5a-dac5-11de-933d-00144feabdc0.htmlAnthony Bolton's decision is horribly starry eyed with efficient markets still being pretty alien in ChinaThu, 26 Nov 2009 20:07:03 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc92109a-daad-11de-933d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc92109a-daad-11de-933d-00144feabdc0.htmlLombard's short questionnaire will determine whether you have what it takes to join the advisers who will help the FSA vet bank appointmentsThu, 26 Nov 2009 17:29:33 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ccd4192-da75-11de-9c32-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ccd4192-da75-11de-9c32-00144feabdc0.htmlWater companies are railing against what they say is an overly political, overly harsh proposal from their regulator to keep household bills in check Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:25:25 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a990b62-da0b-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a990b62-da0b-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.htmlThe biggest challenge Sir David poses to the government is to ensure that where his review leads, international partners will followThu, 26 Nov 2009 00:01:40 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6f4cb10-d938-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6f4cb10-d938-11de-b2d5-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Bank of England's year-long concealment of what was at one point a £61.6bn line of emergency finance to two of the UK's largest banks will take some beating, writes Andrew Hill Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:05:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/59e46566-d86a-11de-b63a-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59e46566-d86a-11de-b63a-00144feabdc0.htmlIn the words of Willie Walsh, British Airway's chief executive, Roger Maynard is 'capable of separating out his responsibilities better than anybody else I know', writes Andrew Hill Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:04:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/05e745ee-d60f-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/05e745ee-d60f-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe shadow of unfair competition has loomed over the retail banking market since the nationalisation of Northern Rock. But could the biggest threat really come from old Ernie and his friends at National Savings and InvestmentsFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:12:01 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8b75236-d54d-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8b75236-d54d-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlThe market frisson about a potential merger between the UK's Reckitt Benckiser and US toothpaste king Colgate-Palmolive has a certain logicThu, 19 Nov 2009 23:25:39 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d7c46fac-d442-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d7c46fac-d442-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.htmlSimultaneous resolution of succession questions at Marks and Spencer and ITV is like being blitzed by retailers' pre-Christmas advertising campaignsWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:33:03 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/41a4e01a-d3b6-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41a4e01a-d3b6-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.htmlThere's a palpable sense that justice has not been done at Regal Petroleum. The oil and gas group has been censured and fined for misleading the market about its Greek oil interests between 2003 and 2005Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:43:05 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/98a237dc-d2e9-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98a237dc-d2e9-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlIf JPMorgan makes Cazenove's bankers nervous, the seniors, such as David Mayhew, the evergreen Cazenove chairman, may simply step aside, while the juniors will be fair game for headhuntersMon, 16 Nov 2009 20:10:46 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/84081338-d090-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84081338-d090-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlWillie Walsh has handed British Airways' pension trustees and the Pensions Regulator a superjumbo-sized dilemma: agree a solution to BA's pension deficit that is "satisfactory" to the group's betrothed, Iberia, or take the blame for wrecking the marriageFri, 13 Nov 2009 20:27:21 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/13ecdf88-cfc4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/13ecdf88-cfc4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlIf a merger of the FSA and the Bank of England's prudential supervision functions goes ahead, that leaves a big question: what happens to FSA chairman Adair Turner? It's clear that for the good of the world financial system, Lord Turner ought to stay at the regulatory reform tableThu, 12 Nov 2009 20:38:30 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/321650ac-cefc-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnist%2Flombardhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/321650ac-cefc-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.htmlWe know Reed Elsevier's transfer from Sir Crispin Davis to Ian Smith was 'seamless' – but nothing can smooth over a transition to the wrong personWed, 11 Nov 2009 19:59:33 +0000