Royal Bank of Scotland ist für einen Geldsegen von bis zu 750.000.000 £ aus dem Börsengang in Hong Kong von Samsonite, das Gepäck Hersteller bereit.
Heute im www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/20/...-rbs-better-figures
Britain's two major state-controlled banks, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, are hoping to defuse any row over pay this week when they publish 2010 figures that will show clear signs of financial recovery.
Bonuses for the two banks' top executives were announced at the time of the Project Merlin accord, so the banks hope the focus will be on their performance last year, when the low interest rate environment helped to ensure that their provisions for bad debts improved.
RBS, 84% taxpayer controlled, is expected to have made a loss once again – estimated at £700m – but at a far lower level than last year's £3.6bn deficit. Lloyds, however, will present its first full year in the black since being bailed out by the taxpayer in 2008 after rescuing HBOS from collapse.