The Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to take a £1bn write-down when it releases final results on Thursday and reveals its exposure to US sub-prime mortgages.
The Times reports that in December RBS wrote down £950m from sub-prime assets and a further £250m on its leveraged finance business ABN Amro, the bank it acquired last year, took its own US sub-prime hit of £300m.
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