Barclays to axe 3,700 jobs in strategic overhaul
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LONDON (REUTERS) - Barclays is to axe at least 3,700 jobs and prune its investment bank, under a restructuring plan launched by its new chief executive which seeks to cut 1.7 billion pounds (S$3.3 billion) in annual costs and improve standards.
The plans form part of an overhaul which CEO Antony Jenkins hopes will convince a sceptical public that he will change a bank which has been dogged by a series of scandals, including a US$450 million fine (S$560million) for rigging interbank lending rates or Libor.
"Believe me, I understand the cynics and the sceptics out there, but cynics and sceptics never built anything. It will take years before people actually change their impression of us.
"I'm not daunted by that at all," Mr Jenkins told BBC radio.
