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

2009-11-11T08:21:41Z

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

A couple of issues for Lloyds

2009-10-28T08:37:47Z

Inquest opens into banker's death

2009-07-06T09:49:29Z

Family's grief after banker is found dead

2009-06-30T09:25:02Z

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

Missing banker found dead in woodland

2009-06-29T07:19:07Z

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

Old Mutual pays to ditch China deal

2009-05-27T08:12:29Z

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

ANZ raises �1.2bn to buy RBS Asian units

2009-05-27T08:01:04Z

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.

Few votes in mango sniffing

2009-04-07T07:43:58Z

The long, slow road to recovery

2009-02-17T08:57:33Z

Bank bosses: We're very sorry

2009-02-10T09:41:06Z

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

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

2009-02-10T15:06:48Z

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

Spineless lackeys must join list of shamed bankers

2009-01-20T09:30:35Z

Banks� rescue has barely begun

2009-01-20T09:49:56Z

NatWest in crisis: shares dive to 10p

2009-01-19T09:43:44Z

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

Bailouts that shouldn't be allowed

2008-12-09T10:26:24Z

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

RBS warns of job cuts despite its bailout

2008-11-04T08:59:19Z

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

HBOS's bank in Australia tipped for sale

2008-08-18T10:35:57Z

Australia Commonwealth Bank is said to be eyeing a �2.8 billion takeover of HBOS's BankWest

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

2008-08-13T11:04:42Z

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

Greed and a trillion dollar meltdown

2008-08-08T09:32:27Z

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

Comment: Banking gloom

2008-08-08T09:00:27Z

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

Too many bankers and not enough real wealth

2008-08-04T07:46:59Z

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

RBS opens new Asia sale talks

2008-07-23T09:16:55Z

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

Bid queue for RBS insurance auction

2008-05-28T11:35:01Z

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

London jobs to be lost as RBS wields the axe

2008-04-28T14:44:54Z

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

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

2008-04-25T07:49:52Z

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

RBS costs a fortune, but the culprits still hang on

2008-04-24T12:40:06Z

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.

RBS gets a rights issue boost but rivals fall

2008-04-18T09:49:00Z

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

Wave of casualties feared in crisis-hit hedge-funds

2008-03-18T11:29:33Z

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

RBS takes a �2bn hit but defends ABN deal

2008-02-28T10:48:27Z

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

Where to celebrate Australia Day

2007-01-23T15:52:08Z

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.