Scottish Agenda: Quiet assassins wait in the wings for bankers
An ousting is more likely to prove successful if shareholders gang up behind the scenes than if they shout their […]
Fred Goodwin
Reverse Heineken effect does for Votron and haunts Goodwin
Until three years ago, the Dutch beer brand Heineken used a clever slogan to promote its lager in the UK
RBS’s £12bn rights issue – The bankers’ new clothes
RBS’s refunding move through a record £12bn rights issue is the first step in UK banks waking up from their
Scottish Agenda: Credit crunch won’t stop at Hadrian’s Wall
THE collective burial of heads in the sand among Scottish business leaders, bank economists and housing market professionals about Scotland’s
Goodwin hunting
Businessperson of the Year: Sir Fred Goodwin THE €71 billion (£49 billion) takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro was a
Goodwin ponders £1bn RBS share buyback
Analyst predicts 25 per cent hike in dividends as bank shelves acquisition strategy for organic growth BANKING: TRADING UPDATE ROYAL
Goodwin’s turning point
Fred Goodwin turned RBS into a global institution with an aggressive takeover policy matched by a strident rationalisation strategy… he
Royal Bank of Scotland faces fresh hit on profits
The Royal Bank of Scotland is facing a slowdown in profits growth due to a weak economic climate and deteriorating
Fred’s new Fawlty Towers
IT was to have been the £200 million landmark headquarters of Europe’s third largest bank, a new building that would
Now it’s won NatWest, where now for the Royal Bank?
Onus on Royal Bank of Scotland to live up to the challenge THE £20.9 billion acquisition of the much larger
NATWEST TAKEOVER: THE GIANT KILLER
It was the ultimate battle. Two Scottish banks fighting head-to-head to take over NatWest. Financial Editor Ian Fraser and Business
Royal Bank likely victor in the battle for NatWest
The City may not like him much, reports Financial Editor Ian Fraser, but the smart money is on Sir George
Sir George ploughs ahead with planned £28bn ‘reverse takeover’ of Barclays
SIR George Mathewson, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, last week made further steps towards his goal