Well-prepared Direct Line sale gives cold comfort to RBS

Andrew Griffin

February 27, 2014 03:30 pm

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Royal Bank of Scotland completed its final sale of UK insurer Direct Line on Wednesday night, with bankers hailing a smoothly executed deal that was priced with no discount on a morning of otherwise terrible news for the Scottish lender.

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