Thursday 27 February 2014

RBS – Banking By Numbers

Like it or not, you are an 81% shareholder in Royal Bank of Scotland. So the publication of their 2013 annual results is important on many levels.
 
Here’s all you need to know in numbers……
 
RBS made a loss of £8.2 billion during 2013. This is the 5th largest corporate loss in history (the biggest was £24 billion – also made by RBS).
 
Bonuses of £576 million have been paid to bank employees on the back of these results.
 
The Government bailout of RBS cost us £45 billion in 2008.
 
RBS have reported no profits and total losses of £40 billion since 2008.
 
RBS are currently worth £40 billion based on market capitalisation.
 
There is no prospect of any return prior to 2020.
 
I have looked at this objectively from many different angles but I cannot get beyond……what was the point of the bailout?
 
The numbers don’t lie.
 

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