Salz Review - Wall Street Journal
Salz Review - Wall Street Journal
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<strong>Salz</strong> <strong>Review</strong><br />
An Independent <strong>Review</strong> of Barclays’ Business Practices<br />
206<br />
Barclays’ Spain Timeline<br />
Corporate Development / M&A<br />
Legal action<br />
Other<br />
1974<br />
1982 2002<br />
1,600<br />
2003<br />
3,600<br />
First nondomestic<br />
financial<br />
institution to<br />
enter the Spanish<br />
banking market<br />
Acquired a<br />
63.2%<br />
stake in<br />
Banco de<br />
Valladolid<br />
Became 10 th largest bank in<br />
Spain, with total assets of €10.5<br />
billion and 165 retail branches;<br />
ranked first in debt financing<br />
through Barclays Capital and<br />
also offered Barclaycard<br />
products in Spain<br />
Became 6 th biggest<br />
commercial bank in Spain<br />
with 526 branches through<br />
acquisition of Banco<br />
Zaragozano, Spain's largest<br />
private sector banking<br />
group<br />
2005<br />
2008<br />
2009<br />
2010<br />
3,600<br />
4,800<br />
4,600<br />
4,200<br />
John Varley (CEO)<br />
quoted Spain and Africa<br />
as Barclays' best<br />
examples of earnings<br />
diversification in core<br />
banking activities outside<br />
the UK<br />
Recorded losses in<br />
property-related<br />
commercial<br />
banking exposures<br />
and credit cards in<br />
Spain<br />
Started<br />
reporting<br />
Spanish<br />
credit risk<br />
separately<br />
Recorded a £898 million<br />
impairment charge against<br />
Corporate loan book in Spain<br />
as a result of “deteriorating<br />
conditions in the Spanish<br />
property and construction<br />
sectors”<br />
Dec. 2011<br />
Dec. 2012<br />
3,600<br />
3,500<br />
Recorded a £480 million impairment<br />
charge against Corporate loan book in<br />
Spain as well as a £123 million<br />
impairment in Spanish goodwill<br />
Fined €600 thousand by Spain's<br />
stock market regulator for<br />
misrepresenting the risk profiles<br />
on some bonds sold in 2008<br />
#<br />
Number of Barclays FTEs in Spain<br />
Employee numbers from Barclays HR data. All year-end FTE<br />
numbers, except 2012 (end of November) Includes part-time staff,<br />
excludes interim and agency staff.