It also pointed out that Mr Griffith-Jones did not sit on the board sub-committee of the FCA tasked with overseeing the HBOS report.

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The FCA also pointed out that Mr Griffith-Jones did not sit on the board sub-committee of the FCA tasked with overseeing the HBOS report.

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The demands on time are rising in particular because sub-committees of the board are being given more to do.

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The lack of a data safety monitoring board is "sub-optimal, " says Steven Joffe, a bioethicist and researcher at the Dana Farber Cancer Center.

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The returns for these sub-sectors are also strong as regional malls enjoy the leader board position (at 25.11 percent), followed by shopping centers (22.01 percent) and free-standing (18.24 percent).

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"It (the SNS situation) might make us slightly more nervous in terms of valuations and what we would be willing to pay for Dutch bank sub debt, but it hasn't changed our outlook across the board, " said Andrew Fraser, fixed-income investment director at Standard Life Investments Ltd.

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