Cents counterbid for ABN AMRO. History edit Barclays first investment banking arm was established under the name Zoete Wedd BZW response Big bang UK financial services. Tax avoidance Further information March Barclays obtained injunction against Guardian to remove from its website confidential leaked documents describing how SCM structured capital markets division planned use more than billion of loans create hundreds millions pounds benefits via elaborate circuit Cayman Islands companies partnerships Luxembourg subsidiaries. Big Bang also added whole new layer of regulation paving the way for what became Financial Services Authority [...]