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R.B.S. Chairman Says High Banker Pay Contributed to the Financial Crisis
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Philip Hampton, chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, tells a shareholder at the annual meeting in Edinburgh in June 2014- "compensation in the financial industry got out of line with the underlying performance of the business."
Banker bonuses at Britain's RBS bank
02/04/2009
Britain's RBS bank shows a loss of $15 billion in 2013. Banker bonuses are $960 million for the same year. Banker bonuses declined from 679 million pounds in 2012 to 576 million pounds in 2013. The new CEO says he has to keep bankers engaged. Britain has a lot at stake in RBS having put in 45 billion pounds into the banking bailout.
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The problems at RBS and Lloyds banks slowing Britain's economic recovery in 2013-2014
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Experts such as Adam Posen say Britain failed to add enough capital to RBS and Lloyds banks and take aggressive acion, resulting in slow progress and limiting Britain's economic recovery. The government acquired large stakes in both banks during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. The total assets of the two banks exceed Britain's GDP.
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Bank Bailout Blues Stall U.K. Recovery
Wall Street Journal 05/14/2013
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2013
New York Times 06/12/2013
Royal Bank of Scotland Names New Chief Executive
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Share Sale Marks Comeback for Lloyds and Its CEO
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RBS and Lloyd's Banking Group and reckless management.
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Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyd's banking Group were part of the U.K. bank bailout. This was a case of poor decisions, reckless management and excessive risk taking without attention to possible consequences. Cameron and Osborne of the Conservatives and Mervyn King of the Bank of England voiced criticism of these behaviours that has cost the British taxpayer.
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Legal Costs Set to Put RBS in the Red
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Bank Bailout Blues Stall U.K. Recovery
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New York Times 06/12/2013
Royal Bank of Scotland Names New Chief Executive
New York Times 08/02/2013
RBS Puts Too Much Stock in Its Bad Bank
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
RBS to Accelerate Sale of Citizens
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
UK Financial Investment Limited, which manages the UK government's stake in bailed out banks including RBS, LLoyds
09/25/2010
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Share Sale Marks Comeback for Lloyds and Its CEO
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RBS Puts Too Much Stock in Its Bad Bank
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
RBS to Accelerate Sale of Citizens
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
The future of Lloyds: Stuff happened
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RBS Works at Pleasing Master, Clients
Wall Street Journal 02/24/2014
RBS's image problem in Britain of not lending enough to small business and efforts to correct this in 2014-2015
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RBS Works at Pleasing Master, Clients
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Royal Bank of Scotland Names New Chief Executive
New York Times 08/02/2013
R.B.S. Chairman Says High Banker Pay Contributed to the Financial Crisis
New York Times 06/25/2014
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