RBS 'set to axe investment staff'

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Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland is reportedly poised to slash hundreds more jobs to further shrink its investment banking division under plans to boost its balance sheet.

RBS is also looking to offload around £60 billion of assets from the markets division after the Bank of England last week said UK banks were collectively facing a £25 billion capital shortfall, according to The Sunday Times. It is thought RBS has the biggest capital hole of all the banks, at around £6 billion.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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