Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs’ chief executive, has called for banks to adopt more stringent accounting practices, accept tougher regulation and give more power to risk managers. Writing in Monday’s FT – two days before he and other Wall Street leaders are due to testify before a Congressional committee -Blankfein outlines seven areas of misdemeanour including valuation of assets and the “outsourcing of risk management” to ratings agencies. See Blankfein’s article here.
