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£5bn RBS writedown expected

Low estimates of RBS downgrading of its assets this week put at £5bn as banking giant continues to feel credit crunch effects

David Jetuah, Accountancy Age 21 Apr 2008
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The Royal Bank of Scotland is bracing itself for a further writedown of at least £5bn on the value of its assets.

RBS is expected to make an announcement to the City in a trading statement this week, but the writedown could be as large as £7bn, The Times reported.

This morning, the bank said that it was considering selling shares at attractive prices to existing shareholders in a rights issue, expected to raise £10bn.

The bank has already announced writedowns of about £1.7bn on the value of its mortgage-backed debt packages, loans to private equity groups and other securities.

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