RBS takes off the rose-tinted glasses
Sir Fred Goodwin is right to make a speedy U-turn and raise capital ratios at RBS. The bank has been able to get away with low capital ratios in the past because of its high profitability, but investors should welcome a more conservative approach amid stormy global credit markets and a deteriorating UK economic outlook.
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