The stricken bank offered a chance to remodel how we think about banking in Britain. Instead it should now provide a focus for anti-austerity protests.
The chancellor has given away an open secret. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will not be split up. Instead the bank, still 81% owned by the tax-payer, will be restructured into and a “good bank” and…
RBS: Not as valuable as it used to be.
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The UK could be about to make a multi-billion pound mistake. Plans to sell-off the 82% share of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and the 39% share of Lloyds owned by the taxpayer are gaining favour in…
Another day, another banking scandal: the UK Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has exposed the follies of the City’s badly behaved bankers.
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Though it rarely rates a mention in the Australian financial press, there is a spectacle in London at the moment that rivals even the most ferocious games at the Roman Colosseum. Almost every day, a bunch…
RBS joins the list of banks implicated in the ever-widening LIBOR scandal.
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In his recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong belatedly admitted to taking illicit drugs throughout his career. But in doing so, he also shed light on a corrupt culture within the sport involving…
Failures of compliance and culture have been attributed to the RBS’ misconduct in the LIBOR manipulation scandal.
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The fallout from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) scandal continues apace with the announcement on Wednesday that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) had reached a $US612 million settlement with…
Barclays’ manipulation of the LIBOR has raised questions about the Bank of England’s lack of regulatory oversight.
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The United Kingdom has had a remarkably poor track record in prosecuting serious economic fraud. In part, this can be traced to deficiencies in the toolkit available to the Serious Fraud Office, a fact…