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RBS loses another £1.5bn with more pain on the way

06.11.09
Royal Bank of Scotland, which this week was promised another £33.5 billion of taxpayers’ money, says it lost a further £1.5 billion in the past three months ... more

Cost-cutting RBS risking a talent drain in move north of the border

04.11.09
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RBS chief hits out at Europe over its long list of sell-offs

03.11.09
Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, attacked the shopping list of sell-offs ordered on it by the European Union, which will force it to sell 318 branches... more

Still a long road ahead to clean up mess at RBS

09.10.09
Rebuilding Britain's banks: On the anniversary of the bailout of Britain's banks, we begin a six-part series on how the industry changed - and reforms that are urgently needed... more

Easy target that will earn Hester his reward

07.08.09
When the details of Stephen Hester's bonus scheme were disclosed a month ago, there were guffaws in the City... more

Hester warns Darling as he plots the route to recovery

07.08.09
RBS chief executive Stephen Hester has warned Chancellor Alistair Darling to get off his back and let him get on with running the bank... more

Shares fall at RBS as results put brakes on recovery hope

07.08.09
Royal Bank of Scotland shares tumbled 8% as hopes that the banking crisis is over and the economy might quickly return to health faded ... more

RBS chief Stephen Hester tries to defuse pay row

02.07.09
Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester has today tried to deflate the controversy over his pay packet by pledging to retain any share awards for an extra two years ... more

Stephen Hester's proof that bankers still aren't in the real world

29.06.09
You don't have jobs like Stephen Hester without becoming very wealthy. And indeed Hester, 48, is just that, amassing more money than arguably he needs... more

RBS gains ground as the City looks to a lift from £10m boss

25.06.09
The City expects big things from the new man charged with steering state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland back on the road to recovery... more

New RBS head of risk gets a guaranteed share deal

23.06.09
Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed that another of its new executives will pick up a large package of free shares... more

RBS boss pledges to go easy on property firms

16.06.09
Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester promised the bank would not be turning its back on his former colleagues in the commercial property world... more

'No green shoots' as RBS takes a £5bn hit

08.05.09
Royal Bank of Scotland declared it cannot see any "green shoots" of recovery as it posted further losses after writedowns of nearly £5 billion ... more

Blunt approach of a banking risktaker

26.02.09
Stephen Hester is everything his predecessor Sir Fred Goodwin was not. He is large in stature, he has no discernible accent and he is a banker rather than an accountant.... more

Beyond all this red ink may lie a new dawn

26.02.09
Commentary: Is this enough? That is the £24 billion question facing RBS investors as they survey the wreckage of what they can only pray was their only annus horribilis... more

RBS turnaround ‘may take five years’ after £24bn loss

26.02.09
Banking: Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester says it will take up to five years to turn round the bank... more

Taxpayers set to take on 95 per cent of toxic bank

26.02.09
The taxpayer's stake in Royal Bank of Scotland is set to rise to a maximum 95 per cent under a third bail-out package for the stricken lender unveiled... more

Danger that lurks in the turnaround plan for RBS

23.02.09
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RBS shares leap despite unease over sell-off plan

23.02.09
Banking: Royal Bank of Scotland’s shares jumped amid plans to sell off large chunks of its non-core business and axe up to 20,000 jobs... more

£91 billion question to keep Hester on his toes at RBS

20.02.09
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RBS pulls plug on £7bn insurance arm sell-off

05.02.09
Royal Bank of Scotland dramatically scrapped the sale of its insurance division, which includes Direct Line and Churchill and had originally been expected to raise the bank up to £7 billion in badly needed capital... 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

Commentary: RBS move marks a deep change

01.12.08
The banks are no longer the kingpins they once were... more

RBS chief: We'll lend more but still make a loss

04.11.08
Royal Bank of Scotland underlined the scale of the banking crisis when it warned that it would make a loss this year despite the Government's £20 billion bail-out... 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

How Hester avoided the pitfalls at British Land

24.10.08
So what will Stephen Hester will do at RBS? Those seeking clues will naturally take an interest in how the former head of Abbey house-cleaned this rather dusty property company during three years of boom and one year of bust... more

Hester decides to bank on a property rally

20.10.08
Stephen Hester, the boss of British Land and the soon-to-be chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has called the bottom of the property market, claiming it will be “some time next year”... more

Man with the mission to win back the City's trust in RBS

15.10.08
Profile: Stephen Hester has been chosen by the Government to turn round the bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland. In the past, his method was "slash and burn". RBS has been warned... more

It’s a good time for Hester to quit property for RBS

14.10.08
The appointment of Stephen Hester as chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland marks a long-awaited return to banking for the former Credit Suisse First Boston and Abbey National man after four years as head of British Land... more

RBS rejigs at the top but Goodwin is still in danger

27.08.08
Royal Bank of Scotland unveiled a major shake-up of its board, but City investors remain unconvinced this will be enough to spare chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin from the chop... more

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