Tag: RBS sharas

• Wednesday, August 5th 2015 - 07:25 UTC

  UK government begins sale of rescued RBS, but a third below the price it paid

  

  The British government has begun its sell-off of shares in part-nationalized lender Royal Bank of Scotland, raising £2.1bn, a third below the price it paid. It sold a 5.4% stake at 330p a share, a 7.6p discount on Monday's closing price.