Former shareholders of Bradford & Bingley should not get any compensation after the troubled lender was divided and sold, an independent valuer says.
The nationalised bank was split between its into 'good' and 'bad' operations during the financial crisis, with the better savings division offloaded to Spanish giant Santander. In a blow to former investors, independent valuer Peter Clokey of PricewaterhouseCoopers has now recommended the Treasury offer no compensation to shareholders. B&B's shares closed at 20p in the final day of trading before nationalisation and break-up. The poor part of the lender stayed in Government control. The B&B Shareholders Action Group plans to appeal against the decision by Clokey. The group had prev...
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