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I wake up every day with a smile on my face.

~Bob Diamond

Topics: Day Every Every Day Face Smile Up Wake Wake Up

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My obligation is to the owners of Barclays, my shareholders. They hired me. People who criticise compensation for individuals in isolation at, say, BarCap, individuals who don't work in the U.K. and are competing with U.S., German or Asian banks, they should look at all these factors.

~Bob Diamond

Topics: Asian Banks Compensation Competing Criticise Factors German Hired Individuals Isolation Look Me Obligation Owners People Say Shareholders Should Who Work

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I never set money as a goal. It was a result.

~Bob Diamond

Topics: Goal Money Never Result Set

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The ultimate arbiters of the models of banking and the management of banking are the investors. It's the shareholders.

~Bob Diamond

Topics: Banking Investors Management Models Shareholders Ultimate

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In our equities business, 49 of the 50 most important Lehman clients are back doing business with us. The flows are 75 to 80 per cent of what they were prior to the bankruptcy. The issues which damaged Lehman were around commercial mortgages and illiquid private equity assets.

~Bob Diamond

Topics: Around Assets Back Bankruptcy Business Cent Clients Commercial Damaged Doing Equity Flows Important Issues Mortgages Most Our Per Prior Private Us Were Which

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I recall my dad saying about me once that the only time he'd ever heard me say 'never' was when I was asked if I'd had enough.

~Bob Diamond

Topics: About Asked Dad Enough Ever Had Had Enough He Heard Me Never Once Only Only Time Recall Say Saying Time

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Is it okay for a U.S. bank to pay a U.S. banker but not a U.K. bank to pay a U.S. banker?

~Bob Diamond

Topics: Bank Banker Okay Pay

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You shouldn't be trying to create a system where no bank fails, but you should be creating one that catches a bank and allows it to fail without impacting the financial markets.

~Bob Diamond

Topics: Bank Create Creating Fail Fails Financial Financial Markets Markets Should System Trying Where Without You

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Soon after the financial crisis of 2008, I was at a meeting in Washington with a group of U.S. senators. They had invited me to provide a point of view on new regulation; regulation aimed at ensuring we never have to go through the events of 2008 ever again.

~Bob Diamond

Topics: After Again Crisis Ensuring Events Ever Financial Financial Crisis Go Group Had Invited Me Meeting Never New Point Point Of View Provide Regulation Senators Soon Through View Washington

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Banks hold deposits and savings entrusted to them by individuals, by businesses, by governments and by central banks. They put that money to work, helping people to buy homes, for example, or lending to businesses to invest in expansion.

~Bob Diamond

Topics: Banks Businesses Buy Central Entrusted Example Expansion For Example Governments Helping Helping People Hold Homes Individuals Invest Lending Money People Put Savings Them Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: July 27th, 1951

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