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- RBS's Q3 Loss Halves But More Bad Debts to Come
- LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland RBS more than halved its operating losses to 1.5 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) in the third quarter as impairments fell, but less favorable trading battered investment banking profits.Part-nationalized RBS said impairment losses totaled 3.3 billion pounds, down 30 percent from 4.7 billion in...
- News items 2009-11-06
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- RBS to Cut 3,700 UK Jobs
- By Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (Reuters UK) - Royal Bank of Scotland said it would be forced to sell more assets than it had expected and axe 3,700 jobs from its retail business as another radical shake-up loomed for Britain's banks.European competition authorities are set to force RBS to sell its insurance...
- News items 2009-11-02
- RBS faces forced sales and 3,700 UK job cuts
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques of Reuters LONDON -- Royal Bank of Scotland said it would be forced to sell more assets than it had expected and axe 3,700 jobs from its retail business as another radical shake-up loomed for Britain's banks. European competition authorities are set to force RBS to sell...
- News items 2009-11-02
- RBS Loss Halves, Shares Up 7.5 Percent
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Steve SlaterLONDON (Reuters UK) - Royal Bank of Scotland more than halved third-quarter losses as bad debts shrank in results released on Friday and its shares rose over 7.5 percent.Investors nevertheless fretted over a poor performance at its investment banking arm, which trailed European and U.S....
- News items 2009-11-06
- RBS Near Deal on Toxic Asset Scheme: Sources
- By Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (Reuters UK) - Royal Bank of Scotland RBS is close to agreeing more flexible terms on a government insurance scheme for bad debts, in a deal that will include asset sales to appease EU antitrust concerns, sources close to the deal said.The so-called Asset Protection Scheme APS...
- News items 2009-10-31
- RBS Near Deal on Toxic Asset Scheme - Sources
- By Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (Reuters UK) - Royal Bank of Scotland RBS is close to agreeing more flexible terms on a government insurance scheme for bad debts, in a deal that will include asset sales to appease EU antitrust concerns, sources close to the deal said.The so-called Asset Protection Scheme APS...
- News items 2009-11-01
- RBS near deal on toxic asset scheme, sources say
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques of Reuters LONDON -- Royal Bank of Scotland is close to agreeing more flexible terms on a government insurance scheme for bad debts, in a deal that will include asset sales to appease EU antitrust concerns, sources close to the deal said. The so-called Asset Protection Scheme...
- News items 2009-10-31
- RBS Shares Up on APS Costs Hope
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Royal Bank of Scotland RBS shares nudged higher on Wednesday as analysts said it should incur lower costs from its revised participation in the government's asset protection scheme APS, albeit with higher risk exposure.By 8:30 a.m. RBS shares were up 3.3 percent at 37.1 pence, after...
- News items 2009-11-04
- UKFI "walking Tightrope" on Bank Bonuses
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Steve SlaterLONDON (Reuters UK) - The body holding the government's stakes in bailed-out lenders Royal Bank of Scotland RBS and Lloyds LLOY said it was "walking a tightrope" in attempting to limit bonus payouts while trying to stop talented staff leaving.The resurgence of "fat-cat" banker bonuses,...
- News items 2009-11-04
- Lloyds, RBS Agree to Massive Shake-up
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Steve SlaterLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's two largest retail lenders are to get another 31 billion pounds from the government and have agreed to sell hundreds of branches and key businesses to appease EU competition concerns over state aid.The deal announced on Tuesday paves the way for...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Government Eyes More Bank Shares
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The government will unveil plans this week to spend 30 billion pounds buying further shares of rescued banks Royal Bank of Scotland RBS and Lloyds LLOY, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.The newspaper said Chancellor Alistair Darling has agreed to spend about 25 billion pounds on...
- News items 2009-11-01
- RBS Cuts Losses, Investment Bank Slumps
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Steve SlaterLONDON (Reuters UK) - Losses at part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland more than halved in the third quarter with a sharp reduction in bad debt writeoffs, despite a slump in profits at its beleaguered investment bank."I have repeatedly said this is a marathon, not a...
- News items 2009-11-06
- RBS Cuts Losses, Bank Profits Slump
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Steve SlaterLONDON (Reuters UK) - Losses at part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland more than halved in the third quarter with a sharp reduction in bad debt writeoffs, despite a slump in profits at its beleaguered investment bank."I have repeatedly said this is a marathon, not a...
- News items 2009-11-07
- RBS Likely to Sell Insurance Arm - Source
- By David MillikenLONDON (Reuters UK) - Royal Bank of Scotland RBS, majority owned by the government, is likely to sell its insurance arm and other assets including bank branches and some investment banking operations, a British government source told Reuters on Friday.The sales -- which are in line with the...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Top Retail Banks Set For Shake-up
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain is set to announce on Tuesday a long-awaited deal with its bailed-out banks, including a record rights issue for Lloyds Banking Group LLOY and hefty disposals for Royal Bank of Scotland RBS to appease the EU competition regulator and boost competition. Part-nationalised RBS and Lloyds,...
- News items 2009-11-02
- Bank Loaned £60 Billion to RBS, HBOS
- By Keith WeirLONDON (Reuters UK) - The Bank of England disclosed on Tuesday that it provided almost 62 billion pounds in emergency loans to Royal Bank of Scotland RBS and HBOS LLOY at the height of the credit crisis last year.The Bank said it did not give details of the...
- News items 2009-11-24
- CORRECTED - RBS Coutts Sees Staff Exodus in Singapore
- (Corrects staff being hired in 5 years to 200, not doubling; corrects spelling to Calamander from Calamandar) SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters UK) - More than a quarter of the staff at the Singapore office of private bank RBS Coutts have quit in a mass resignation and some, sources said, could be joining...
- News items 2009-10-12
- RBS talks on Asian assets in "full swing": sources
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Saeed Azhar of Reuters LONDON/SYDNEY - Royal Bank of Scotland's talks to sell some of its Asian assets to Standard Chartered remain "in full swing", sources familiar with the matter said after a report they were on the rocks. Asia-focused Standard Chartered has said it is...
- News items 2009-08-25
- RBS and Lloyds Banking Group to sell brands
- RBS has agreed to dispose of 318 branches over the coming four years, while Lloyds Banking Group will sell 600 branches. As part of the divestment programme, RBS will sell its RBS branches in England, NatWest branches in Scotland and its insurance portfolio, which includes brands such as Direct Line,...
- News items 2009-11-03
- RBS poised to scale back pension benefits
- Royal Bank of Scotland, the part-nationalised bank that controversially gave Sir Fred Goodwin, its former chief executive, a pension pot valued at £16m, is scaling back pension benefits for about 62,500 employees. Our multimedia feature explores the dilemmas faced by individual savers, companies and governments and offers potential solutions to...
- News items 2009-08-26
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