RBS sells Asian-Pacific bits and pieces

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the beneficiary of the biggest banking bailout out in world history, is to sell some of its Asia-Pacific businesses to fast growing Malaysian outfit CIMB.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the beneficiary of the biggest banking bailout out in world history, is to sell some of its Asia-Pacific businesses to fast growing Malaysian outfit CIMB.

CIMB is to scoop up RBS's cash equities business in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India and Taiwan, plus the sales desks for those markets based in the US and UK.

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