Barclays CEO Resigns Over Probe Into Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

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Barclays CEO Jes Staley is stepping down from his role as head of the multinational banking group after British regulators announced preliminary conclusions of a probe into his ties to convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

In a Nov. 1 statement, Barclays said it was made aware on Oct. 29 of initial findings of the investigation by Britainโ€™s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) into Staleyโ€™s characterization to Barclays of his relationship with Epstein and the subsequent description of that relationship in Barclaysโ€™ response to the regulator.

Barclays said Staley was stepping down as he intends to contest the conclusions of the probe, which the bank said โ€œmakes no findings that Mr. Staley saw, or was aware of, any of Mr. Epsteinโ€™s alleged crimes, which was the central question underpinning Barclaysโ€™ support for Mr. Staley following the arrest of Mr. Epstein in the summer of 2019.โ€

โ€œIn view of those conclusions, and Mr. Staleyโ€™s intention to contest them, the Board and Mr. Staley have agreed that he will step down from his role as Group Chief Executive and as a director of Barclays,โ€ the bank said.

โ€œThe board is disappointed at this outcome. Mr. Staley has run the Barclays Group successfully since December 2015 with real commitment and skill,โ€ Barclays added.

C.S. Venkatakrishnan, head of global markets, will replace Staley as CEO with immediate effect, the bank said.

The investigations sought to examine Staleyโ€™s โ€œhistoricalโ€ links to Epstein while Staley ran the private banking arm of U.S. investment bank JP Morgan, according to Sky News. Barclays said in February 2020 that Staley had offered an account of his business relationship with Epstein and the bankโ€™s board determined Staley had been โ€œsufficiently transparentโ€ in describing his links to the deceased convicted sex offender,ย according to the outlet.

While no details are available on the findings of the FCA and PRA probes, it appears the agencies โ€œbelieve there was a distinct lack of transparency over this relationship,โ€ said Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, according to The Guardian.

The FCA and PRA issued a joint statement on Nov. 1, saying they โ€œdo not comment on ongoing investigations or regulatory proceedings beyond confirming the regulatory actions as detailed in the firmโ€™s announcement.โ€

Byย Tom Ozimek

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