Royal Bank of Scotland is reportedly buying up claims being lodged by victims of the Madoff Ponzi scam at the same time as it is being sued over the activities of its former ABN Amro operations during the fraud... more
The Royal Bank of Scotland sells the Priory Group to private equity group Advent International in a deal worth up to £925 million, as it continues to unload non-core assets to clean up its balance sheet... more
City Editor's Comment: Would you go back to a car dealer if he flogged you a motor and the brakes failed? So why would anyone, as German bank IKB and then Dutch bank ABN Amro did believe in Goldman in future?... more
Goldman fraud claims: Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland shoot to the top of the FTSE 100 leader on hopes it will recover hundreds of millions of pounds if Goldman Sachs is found guilty of fraud... more
Rory Bremner, compere at the annual Private Asset Managers’ Awards at the Dorchester, put on his best William Hague impersonation to comment on the Lord Ashcroft “non-dom” tax row... more
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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 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
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
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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