Risk assessment took back seat at RBS levfin, says FSA

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Risk assessment took back seat at RBS levfin, says FSA

The FSA’s report on the failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland has underlined the role played by the bank’s leveraged finance business, which it decided to expand in June 2006. RBS made mark-to-market losses of £287m on its leveraged finance portfolio in 2007 and £1.088 in 2008, the report said.

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