Royal bank of scotland
16 May 2012
Offloading the taxpayer stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group could take years, the Treasury select committee was told yesterday.
09 March 2012
Simon Murphy, manager of the Old Mutual UK Select Equity fund, discusses whether investors should be revisiting the UK's biggest banking stocks.
23 February 2012
Shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland led the FTSE 100 leader board in early trading despite the group posting a larger than expected loss of £2bn.
23 February 2012
Royal Bank of Scotland has posted a worse than expected loss of £2bn for 2011, its fourth consecutive year of losses since its government bailout in 2008.
13 December 2011
Special advisers to the Treasury Select Committee have revealed they felt compelled to press the Financial Services Authority to better scrutinise its role in the downfall of Royal Bank of Scotland.
13 December 2011
There are many lessons to be learned from the near-collapse of RBS. Special advisers to the Treasury Select Committee Bill Knight and Sir David Walker set out what they believe were the four main mistakes which led to the bank's downfall - and how to avoid them in future.
13 October 2011
RBS chief executive Stephen Hester has warned if the UK economic recovery is weaker than expected, the bank's results will suffer, a week on from renewed bailout fears for RBS.
07 October 2011
M&G's bond veteran Richard Woolnough considers the impact of Moody's downgrade of a raft of UK financial institutions, and why the government will no longer sign blank cheques for the banks.
07 October 2011
Bank shares have deepened losses after the downgrade of 12 UK financial institutions by Moody's, pushing the FTSE 100 into negative territory.
12 September 2011
The final set of recommendations from the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) has provoked a mixed response from commentators, with some warning the cost of the move could drive up risk taking by the banks, while others welcome the 'safety measures' to prevent future bailouts.
12 September 2011
Banks led markets sharply lower in early trading but their shares have now stabilised as markets digest the long-awaited Independent Commission on Banking report.
12 September 2011
The final report from the Independent Commission on Banking has recommended UK banks’ retail and wholesale arms be split off, and said the 7% capital buffers required under Basel III do not go far enough.
05 September 2011
The Independent Commission on Banking (ICB)’s plans to ring-fence will have a very limited impact on the UK’s economic output, according to Ernst & Young.
24 August 2011
Analysts are underestimating the extent of the problems facing the banking sector, in a scenario reminiscent of the collapse of Lehmans, said Colin McLean, managing director of SVM.
23 May 2011
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has joined the investigation into the alleged manipulation of LIBOR by UK banks during the financial crisis.
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