Apologies: Who in financial services should say 'sorry'?

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Tiger Woods has finally broken his silence after being caught playing a few extra holes last year. But who in financial services should have to apologise for their "indiscretions" in helping bring the world's economy almost to its knees?

Woods's suitably-humble apology was given to a ‘few close friends'. And every broadcast network in the world. The scandal, which broke in such theatrical fashion when his furious, golf club-wielding wife chased his car off the road, has already cost the golfer millions in lost sponsorship deals on top of a reported £300m payment specified in his pre-nup. Humility and remorse now might go some way to resurrecting his image and protecting that income, but why should his market value really be affected in the first place. Surely a man who is only a public figure on the golf course sho...

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