Fred Goodwin (English Wikipedia)

"RBS sees profits rise to £9.2bn". BBC News. London. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2009. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported a pre-tax profit of £9.2 billion for 2006 – 16% up on the previous year ... RBS said much of its gains had come from its investment and corporate banking division.
"Bank chiefs quit after rescue bid". BBC News. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
"Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | Call to strip title from Sir Fred". BBC News. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
"Politics | Myners faces pensions questions". BBC News. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
"Business | Goodwin's pension hits £703,000". BBC News. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
BBC, 26 February 2009, Goodwin pension stance condemned
"Politics | Brown vows to claw pension back". BBC News. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
"Business | State bank body raps RBS board". BBC News. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
BBC News, 25 February 2009, RBS cutbacks to hit British sport

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"Letter to John McFall" (PDF). bbc.co.uk.
"High Court lifts Sir Fred Goodwin anonymity injunctio". BBC. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
"Former RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin to lose knighthood". BBC News. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
"Fred Goodwin knighthood 'hysteria' criticised". BBC. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.

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"Goodwin Knighthood decision". Cabinet Office. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.

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Daily Record, 2 June 2014, Revealed: How shamed RBS chief Fred Goodwin lied to land first top job at Clydesdale Bank

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Scapegoat millionaire, The Economist, 5 March 2009

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RBS et mon droit: HM deficits FT Alphaville. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
FT Alphaville 18 April 2008 Sir Fred Goodwin 2001–2008

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27 May 2006,Scotland on Sunday publishes Power 100 list Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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HM Treasury Press Release, 16 November 1999, Enhanced role for credit unions Archived 11 February 2009 at the UK Government Web Archive

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"Discussion". Interactive Investor.

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O'Grady, Sean (19 April 2008). "Sir Fred Goodwin: Shredded". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
Arnott, Sarah (14 October 2008). "The rise and fall of 'Fred the Shred' – Business Analysis & Features, Business". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
Garfield, Andrew (27 November 1999). "Bank of Scotland ups NatWest bid to £26bn". Independent. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
The Independent, 5 August 2005, RBS chief Sir Fred rejects charge of 'megalomania'^{[dead link]}
"Fred Goodwin's former RBS Executive Suite is opening up to house start-ups". Independent.co.uk. 25 September 2015.
Taylor, Jerome (10 March 2011). "MP lifts veil on Fred Goodwin super-injunction". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

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The Journal, 26 January 2009, RBS's Fred Goodwin: the world's worst banker? Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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Marketwatch, 16 July 2007, Timeline of the battle for ABN Amro

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HM Treasury Press Release, 16 November 1999, Enhanced role for credit unions Archived 11 February 2009 at the UK Government Web Archive

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"Economy: The World's Worst Banker | Newsweek Voices – Daniel Gross". Newsweek. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2009.

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Werdigier, Julia (21 October 2011). "For British Ex-Bankers, Life Beyond the Bailouts". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 October 2011.

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Hansard, HC 6ser vol 524 col 1069.
Hansard, HL 5ser vol 727 col 1490.

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"Ex-RBS chief 'should lose knighthood'". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2009.

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RBS Press Release, 4 May 2004, Acquisition of Charter One for $10.5 billion (£5.8 billion) Archived 22 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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"Fred A. Goodwin 1959— – Out of oblivion and into the spotlight, Fred the shred". Referenceforbusiness.com. Retrieved 1 March 2009.

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Slater, Steve (19 January 2009). "Factbox: RBS set for record UK loss – where it went wrong". New York: Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 4 March 2009. RBS ramped up in investment banking over a number of years, and its global banking and markets arm delivered a 3.8 billion pound profit in 2006, 40 percent of the group total.

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"Sir Fred Goodwin: Shredded". The scotsman. London. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
"Final days of Fred Goodwin's RBS reign revealed". www.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019.
The Scotsman, 27 January 2009, Anger over F1 job plan for Fred Goodwin
David Gunn (29 August 2020). "Wife kicks cheating Sir Fred out of family home". The Scotsman. UK. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
"Final days of Fred Goodwin's RBS reign revealed". www.scotsman.com.

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Who's the world's worst banker? by Daniel Gross, Slate magazine]
Slate, 1 December 2008 Who's the World's Worst Banker?

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Honorary Degrees 2004 Archived 21 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, University of St Andrews, 15 April 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2011.

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Armitstead, Louise (25 August 2011). "Former RBS chief Sir Fred Goodwin 'threatened staff with disciplinary action over biscuit'" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
"Sir Fred Goodwin faces Royal Bank of Scotland woes". Telegraph. London. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
The Daily Telegraph, 9 October 2007, RBS on brink of declaring victory in ABN battle
The Daily Telegraph, 26 February 2009, Sir Fred Goodwin refuses to return pension
The Daily Telegraph, 12 October 2008, Sir Fred Goodwin shredded by ABN takeover
Simpson, Aislinn (25 March 2009). "Sir Fred Goodwin Attack: Bank Bosses Are Criminals – Group Claims Responsibility". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
Swinford, Steven (10 March 2011). "Sir Fred Goodwin, former RBS chief, obtains super-injunction". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

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"No. 57315". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2004. p. 1.
"No. 60048". The London Gazette. 1 February 2012. p. 1865.

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The Guardian, 26 February 2009, RBS record losses raise prospect of 95% state ownership
Julia Finch (26 January 2009). "Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown ... | Business". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
Cohen, Nick (18 January 2009). "It's not the poor the middle class really fear". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
The Guardian, 26 February, Ex-RBS chief Goodwin faces legal challenge to £693k pension
The Guardian, 9 March 2009, Fred Goodwin netted £10k extra a year for one month's work
The Guardian, 26 February 2009, In full: Sir Fred Goodwin's letter (scan)
The Guardian, 17 March 2009, City minister reveals 'extraordinary' details of Goodwin's pension
The Guardian, 27 February 2009, What are the legal options?
The Guardian, 27 February 2009, Angry Brown will recoup some of Goodwin's pension if law allows
Treanor, Jill (3 March 2009). "RBS decision to double Goodwin's pension was 'extraordinary', MPs hear". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
Inman, Phillip (18 June 2009). "Fred Goodwin to hand back more than £200,000 a year of his pension". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
Makortoff, Kalyeena (26 May 2025). "Taxpayers set for £10bn loss on NatWest as disgraced ex-boss takes £600k-a-year pension". the Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
Hirsch, Afua (10 March 2011). "Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker". The Guardian. London.

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"Ex-chiefs of Royal Bank of Scotland And HBOS Admitted To Having No Formal Banking Qualifications". The Herald. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.

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The Sunday Times, 1 March 2009 Payback time for culture of greed^{[dead link]}
Goodley, Simon; O'Connor, Rebecca; Linklater, Magnus (16 January 2010). "'World's worst banker' Sir Fred Goodwin quietly returns to business". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2010.

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O'Grady, Sean (19 April 2008). "Sir Fred Goodwin: Shredded". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
Arnott, Sarah (14 October 2008). "The rise and fall of 'Fred the Shred' – Business Analysis & Features, Business". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
Sunday Times, 8 February 2009, How Fred shredded RBS
The Journal, 26 January 2009, RBS's Fred Goodwin: the world's worst banker? Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
RBS Press Release, 4 May 2004, Acquisition of Charter One for $10.5 billion (£5.8 billion) Archived 22 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
"Goodwin's Turning Point". The Sunday Herald. 27 November 2005. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008 – via FindArticles.
CNN, 22 April 2008 "RBS chief gets off scot-free"
"Final days of Fred Goodwin's RBS reign revealed". www.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019.
The Times, 6 April 2004, Banking star brought down to earth over jet-set perk
"Ex-chiefs of Royal Bank of Scotland And HBOS Admitted To Having No Formal Banking Qualifications". The Herald. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
Taylor, Jerome (10 March 2011). "MP lifts veil on Fred Goodwin super-injunction". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
The Times, 26 January 2009, 'World's worst banker' Sir Fred Goodwin ousted by the Prince's Trust
Goodley, Simon; O'Connor, Rebecca; Linklater, Magnus (16 January 2010). "'World's worst banker' Sir Fred Goodwin quietly returns to business". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
27 May 2006,Scotland on Sunday publishes Power 100 list Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Honorary Degrees 2004 Archived 21 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, University of St Andrews, 15 April 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2011.

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Wall Street Journal blog, 7 January 2009 Royal Bank of Scotland Wins a Buyout-Lending Crown

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