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Financier shot himself in head after failed £50bn RBS takeover

11.11.09
Multi-millionaire City financier shot himself in the head after leaving his job at the bank at the centre of a disastrous takeover by the Royal Bank of Scotland... more

Family's grief after banker is found dead

30.06.09
The family of a Dutch banker found dead with gunshot wounds have spoken of their "great sadness"... more

Missing banker found dead in woodland

29.06.09
A millionaire banker who went missing with a shotgun has been found dead in woodland in Winkfield, Berkshire... more

Old Mutual pays to ditch China deal

27.05.09
Old Mutual, the London-based insurer, is paying a �45 million (£39 million) break fee to walk away from a �165 million deal to buy a stake in Chinese fund manager ABN Amro Teda Fund Management ... more

ANZ raises £1.2bn to buy RBS Asian units

27.05.09
Royal Bank of Scotland's £1.1billion auction of its retail and commercial banking businesses in Asia hotted up today as bidding frontrunner Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said it will raise A$2.5billion (£1.2billion) through a share placing.... more

Bank bosses: We're very sorry

10.02.09
The bankers blamed for Britain's financial crisis have said they were "profoundly sorry" - but claimed that they had lost millions themselves... more

Ex-RBS boss holds up hands to ABN 'error'

10.02.09
Former Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Sir Tom McKillop has admitted the takeover of ABN Amro was "a bad mistake"... more

NatWest in crisis: shares dive to 10p

19.01.09
Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland collapsed after it revealed a £45billion loss - the biggest in British commercial history... more

Bailouts that shouldn't be allowed

09.12.08
Each day seems to bring another request from another part of the economy for a Government bailout... more

RBS warns of job cuts despite its bailout

04.11.08
Banking: Royal Bank of Scotland warns of worse to come as it reveals the final details of its £20 billion bailout by the Government... more

HBOS's bank in Australia tipped for sale

18.08.08
Australia Commonwealth Bank is said to be eyeing a £2.8 billion takeover of HBOS's BankWest... more

Oz bank pulls out of RBS’s Amro sell-off

13.08.08
Royal Bank of Scotland has lost another potential buyer for its £630 million-worth of ABN Amro assets in Australia... more

Greed and a trillion dollar meltdown

08.08.08
As NatWest-owners RBS today announced disastrous results, including a £5.9bn write-off, we tell what has fuelled the biggest downturn to hit London and the financial world for a generation... more

Comment: Banking gloom

08.08.08
Almost exactly a year on from the day the credit crunch went global, the huge loss reported today by the RBS is just the latest sign of the chaos still reigning in the banking sector... more

Too many bankers and not enough real wealth

04.08.08
A year on from the advent of the credit crunch, the financial sector must not be shielded from the consequences of a crisis likely to last until the next decade ... more

RBS opens new Asia sale talks

23.07.08
Royal Bank of Scotland has switched its attention to Commonwealth Bank of Australia in its search for a buyer for ABN Amro's investment banking and corporate finance business in Asia... more

Bid queue for RBS insurance auction

28.05.08
Royal Bank of Scotland to receive the first formal bids for its £7.5 billion insurance business, which includes Direct Line and Churchill... more

London jobs to be lost as RBS wields the axe

28.04.08
The City is today braced for another major round of investment banking job cuts as Royal Bank of Scotland prepared to axe 7000 staff... more

Global toll rises to 47,000 as more London jobs lost

25.04.08
The worldwide bloodletting of finance jobs has hit 47,000, with Mizuho Financial the latest to wield the axe in London... more

RBS costs a fortune, but the culprits still hang on

24.04.08
The reddest face in Edinburgh belongs to Archie Hunter, a 64-year-old former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland - and chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland's audit committee.... more

RBS gets a rights issue boost but rivals fall

18.04.08
Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland rise 2p as it confirms it is considering a massive rights issue... more

Wave of casualties feared in crisis-hit hedge-funds

18.03.08
The Mayfair and St James's hedge fund industry is in a crisis that could see the closure of dozens of funds... more

RBS takes a £2bn hit but defends ABN deal

28.02.08
RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin has came out fighting against critics who claimed the bank had gone a step too far with its joint takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro... more

Where to celebrate Australia Day

23.01.07
Australia Day is just around the corner so dig out your cork hat, grab the nearest koala and head along to one of these antipodean celebrations in the capital.... more

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