Catégorie - ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
Darling prepares to unveil bank shake-up
Chancellor Alistair Darling will this week unveil his proposed overhaul of the UK banking system which includes breaking up Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland and bringing "at least" three new banks to the high street.
2009-11-02 -
Independent
Govt eyes £30 billion shares in RBS, Lloyds
LONDON (Reuters) - The government will unveil plans this week to spend 30 billion pounds ($49.3 billion) buying further shares of rescued banks Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds , The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday.
2009-11-02 -
Tiscali
RBS chief under fire over Anglo board role
Shareholders are protesting that Sir Philip Hampton has taken a non-executive board position at Anglo American in addition to his full-time role as chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland , majority-owned by UK taxpayers.
2009-11-11 -
Financial Times
Hampton joins Anglo American board
Anglo American has appointed Sir Philip Hampton, the new chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland , as a non-executive director in what the South African-based mining group promises will be a shake-up in its boardroom.
2009-11-09 -
Financial Times
Women ready to break into the boardroom
There are not many places where, in the same room, one can speak with the chairmen of Royal Bank of Scotland, BT, Pearson, J Sainsbury, Land Securities, 3i, ITV, DSG International, Balfour Beatty and Halfords.
2009-11-18 -
Times Online
London midday: Footsie still lower
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Footsie is still sitting slightly lower amid continued worries over the Dubai debt situation. But Royal Bank of Scotland is now going well having fallen back in early dealings on fears over the financial sector’s exposure to a debt default by Dubai World.
2009-11-27 -
ShareCast
London midday: Stocks slip lower
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Tops stocks are lower with two of the bigger sectors of the market weighing. Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and Standard Chartered are down amongst the banks while miners Fresnillo, Rio Tinto, Lonmin and Anglo American also fall.
2009-12-30 -
ShareCast
London open: Positive start to new decade
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Footsie has started the new decade on a positive note, with Cairn Energy and Royal Bank of Scotland leading the way. Cairn Energy is this morning’s best performer on news that the oil explorer has secured a second drilling rig to assist its exploration programme in the Disko West area offshore Greenland in the second half of 2010. The rig, the Stena Don, will work alongside ...
2010-01-04 -
ShareCast
Northern Ireland left out of RBS fund
Northern Ireland manufacturers look set to miss out on a £1bn finance fund established by Royal Bank of Scotland to support the sector. Related Stories UK bank plans small change compared with US ‘super-tax’ Scrappage helps to boost rise in car registrations Car parts plant to shut with loss of 900 jobs Coffee traders to meet the growers Property sector on shaky ground as values fall 60%
2010-01-15 -
Belfast Telegraph
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-31 16:07 JP Morgan changes terms of RBS Sempra buy-report
LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase only wants the non-U.S. operations of RBS Sempra, Royal Bank of Scotland's commodities unit, having previously entered talks to buy the whole business, energy news service Spark Spreads reported. The change comes after the U.S. government earlier this month proposed tough new rules for the banking sector which would prevent lenders from running their own ...
2010-01-31 -
Interactive Investor
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-31 18:52 CORRECTED-JP Morgan changes terms of RBS Sempra buy
LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase only wants the non-U.S. operations of RBS Sempra, Royal Bank of Scotland's commodities unit, having previously entered talks to buy the whole business, energy news service SparkSpread reported. The change comes after the U.S. government earlier this month proposed tough new rules for the banking sector which would prevent lenders from running their own ...
2010-01-31 -
Interactive Investor
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-01 10:58 JPMorgan may not take all of RBS Sempra - source
DUBAI/LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase is rethinking its purchase of RBS Sempra and could pick up only the joint venture's oil operations and all the non-U.S. businesses, a source familiar with the matter said. But the U.S. power and gas businesses might be sold to Sempra Energy, the source said, which jointly owns RBS Sempra with Royal Bank of Scotland. JP Morgan has been in exclusive ...
2010-02-01 -
Interactive Investor
London close: Modest gains for FTSE 100
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Banks and miners were among the stocks helping Footsie close with modest gains. Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland led banks higher, while Barclays was also wanted after the bank’s chief executive John Varley told the House of Commons Treasury Committee that he thought the worst of the banking crisis in over.
2010-02-09 -
ShareCast
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-16 09:53 JPM close to $1.7 bln deal on RBS Sempra - source
LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland and Sempra Energy are set to reach a deal to sell the non-U.S. assets of their commodities joint venture to JP Morgan Chase & Co for around $1.7 billion, a person familiar with the matter said. The source said a deal with the U.S. bank could be finalised as early as Tuesday. Talks continue on the remaining assets, notably U.S. power and gas ...
2010-02-16 -
Interactive Investor
JP Morgan to buy RBS, Sempra units
JP Morgan Chase is expected to announce as early as Tuesday that it agreed to pay $1.7bn (€1.2bn) for parts of the energy-trading business owned by Royal Bank of Scotland and Sempra Energy, according to people familiar with the matter.
2010-02-16 -
eFinancial News
Broker snap: Water companies ripe for takeover
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Now that the haggling with the regulator over price controls is out of the way Royal Bank of Scotland has been poring over the numbers for the water sector and concludes that there is value to be had.
2010-02-26 -
ShareCast