Barclays" Jenkins waives 2012 bonus The chief executive of Barclays will forgo a bonus for 2012, saying it would be wrong for him to receive an award after a series of scandals at the bank. "The year just past was clearly a very difficult one for Barclays and its stakeholders, with multiple issues of our own making besetting the bank," Antony Jenkins said on Friday. I think it only right that I bear an appropriate degree of accountability for those matters and I have concluded that it would be wrong for me to receive a bonus for 2012 given those circumstances. A decision on what Mr Jenkins could have received had not been made, but he was eligible for an award of up to £2.75m under the terms of his package as chief executive. Mr Jenkins took the reins in August following the departure of Bob Diamond as chief executive amid a storm of criticism over Barclays" involvement in the Libor scandal, for which it was fined £290m by regulators in the US and UK. The announcement comes a day after the Financial Times reported that UK authorities are examining an allegation that Barclays loaned Qatar money to invest in Barclays as part of its cash call at the height of the financial crisis in 2008. Senior bank executives are bracing themselves for fresh scrutiny of pay awards following a string of scandals including the Libor affair and mis-selling of payment protection insurance. Mr Jenkins said his decision to ask the Barclays" board not to consider him for a bonus in part reflected a desire to stave off speculation about his potential award. "I am aware of considerable speculation about, and public interest in, the question of whether I will be awarded a bonus in respect of my performance in 2012," he said. To avoid further unnecessary public debate on this matter, I wish to make clear that I concluded early this week that I do not wish to be considered for a bonus award for 2012 and I have communicated that decision to the board. Last year Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, pledged to waive his bonus in 2012 after a computer systems failure left millions of customers without access to their bank accounts.