The £66bn Lloyds/RBS conundrum, solved!

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The £66bn Lloyds/RBS conundrum, solved!

The UK Treasury could turn its £66bn bank share disposal problem on its head by distributing stock to taxpayers in conjunction with a £10bn institutional placement and a £5bn sale of exchangeable bonds. The novel scheme has been proposed by former bankers working for corporate advisory outfit Portman Capital Partners, writing for Conservative think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies.

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