Royal Bank of Scotland directors get a rough ride from shareholders angered at their pay at the company's annual general meeting, but the body representing the taxpayer's 83% stake voted in favour of the bumper packages... more
The men who run the taxpayers' stakes in Britain's bank face a grilling from MPs next week as the row over bonuses and a lack of lending continues to fuel public anger... more
Northern Rock may well be sold back to the private sector later this year, either by returning to the stock market or more likely by being sold to another banking organisation... more
Britain's banks off the hook on bonuses as the Government moves from threatening tough action against bumper payouts to urging better lending to struggling firms... more
The body charged with overseeing the public stakes in the UK's bailed-out banks pledges a better deal for the taxpayer after completing the merger of Northern Rock's 'bad bank' with Bradford & Bingley... more
Shareholders in part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group support pay and bonus proposals put forward by the board despite widespread anger from small investors... more
Video: Royal Bank of Scotland may raise the share price targets at which executives receive their bonuses, making it harder for them to gain payouts and allaying anger at payments... 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
Royal Bank of Scotland wins approval to pay its top investment bankers £1.3 billion in bonuses — the day before it announces another set of extraordinary losses... more
Barclays is expected to slash the proportion of revenues it pays in salaries and bonuses to its lowest for 10 years when it reports results on Tuesday... more
WHO wants to have the tricky task of managing the taxpayers’ holdings in Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds-HBOS, Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock?... more
Eurasian Natural Resources, the Kazakh miner with the revolving boardroom door, is planning a shopping spree as it eyes a recovery in the global metals market ... more
UK Financial Investments, the quango set up to look after taxpayer stakes in Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scoltand, is clearly unhappy about the amount of media attention it is attracting ... more
TODAY parents learn if their children have a place at their first-choice school. Tens of thousands of London schoolchildren - about one in three - will be disappointed... more
The Treasury struggled to combat claims that it was “dithering” over City bonuses as ministers unveiled a year-long review into bankers’ pay and perks... more
If the Government wants the last vestiges of public support for its banking bailout to wither away, it need only let Royal Bank of Scotland pay bonuses to its star traders... more
Our annual magazine, The 1,000: London’s Influential People, chronicles the powerbrokers and agenda-setters. However, influence can shift quickly in the capital. Gideon Spanier looks at who’s in and who’s out.... more
Chancellor Alistair Darling came under fire for his handling of the financial crisis as he unveiled a government-owned company to oversee the £37billion bank bail-out plan... more
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