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Lloyds is now exiting the government's Asset Protection Scheme (APS) through the biggest cash call to take place in the City, of £13.5bn, and by embarking on a complex debt swap to raise more than £21bn. It requires the government to buy £5.7bn of new shares to maintain its stake in Lloyds at 43%, although Lloyds will pay back £2.5bn for the insurance it has already received.
Documentation accompanying its fundraising showed that the City regulator, the Financial Services Authority, was investigating a previous cash call conducted by HBOS, now part of Lloyds after last year's rescue takeover.
The documentation said: "The FSA is conducting a supervisory review into the accuracy and completeness of financial disclosures made by HBOS in connection with its capital raisings in 2008, including information as to corporate impairments disclosed in the circulars and/or prospectuses issued by HBOS in connection with such capital raisings."
Neither the FSA nor Lloyds would comment further on the investigation.
RBS, though, is more troubled than Lloyds and has had no option but to put £282bn of its toxic loans into the insurance scheme, taking the taxpayers' stake to 84% from 70% through a £25.5bn injection of funds with a further £8bn kept in reserve should the economy deteriorate.
The state of RBS's finances prompted the City minister, Lord Myners, to describe the bank when run by its previous management – led by Sir Fred Goodwin – as "the worst managed bank this country has ever seen". As Goodwin's replacement, Stephen Hester, warned that the new bonus strictures would make his bankers easy prey for rivals, Myners said big pay deals were no longer justifiable.
"The chief executives of the banks have been very supportive. Some of these people in banking need to 'get it' at some point – that the levels of remuneration that helped create this situation … are just no longer justifiable," said Myners.
Hester said his bonus – now deferred for three years – was not relevant. "I have to be clear that I am doing it for the sense of accomplishment," he said.
Eric Daniels, his counterpart at Lloyds Banking Group, stressed his bank was not an investment bank paying out "telephone number-style" bonuses and that cash bonuses would be paid to staff on salaries below £39,000.
Myners urged shareholders in other banks to clamp down on pay. "I would encourage institutional investors to see this as a model to press," he said.
Amid the row about the cost and necessity of the bailout, Alistair Darling insisted that the new terms of the APS were a better deal for taxpayers. The chancellor said: "We are now able to achieve our objectives on financial stability and banking reform at a lower overall cost to the taxpayer."
Hester said the taxpayer would get its investment back at a profit and the government should not nationalise the bank entirely or it would end up like Royal Mail. "You can do the maths on how many schools and hospitals you would get" when the money is paid back, he said.
The strikes at Royal Mail could affect the mass mailing of hefty documents that Lloyds needs to send out to its more than 2 million private shareholders. Demonstrating the mixed fortunes of the banks, Lloyds shares were the biggest risers in the FTSE 100, gaining 2.7% to 87p, while RBS was the biggest faller, losing 7% to 35.9p.
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Lloyds is now exiting the government's Asset Protection Scheme (APS) through the biggest cash call to take place in the City, of £13.5bn, and by embarking on a complex debt swap to raise more than £21bn. It requires the government to buy £5.7bn of new shares to maintain its stake in Lloyds at 43%, although Lloyds will pay back £2.5bn for the insurance it has already received.
Documentation accompanying its fundraising showed that the City regulator, the Financial Services Authority, was investigating a previous cash call conducted by HBOS, now part of Lloyds after last year's rescue takeover.
The documentation said: "The FSA is conducting a supervisory review into the accuracy and completeness of financial disclosures made by HBOS in connection with its capital raisings in 2008, including information as to corporate impairments disclosed in the circulars and/or prospectuses issued by HBOS in connection with such capital raisings."
Neither the FSA nor Lloyds would comment further on the investigation.
RBS, though, is more troubled than Lloyds and has had no option but to put £282bn of its toxic loans into the insurance scheme, taking the taxpayers' stake to 84% from 70% through a £25.5bn injection of funds with a further £8bn kept in reserve should the economy deteriorate.
The state of RBS's finances prompted the City minister, Lord Myners, to describe the bank when run by its previous management – led by Sir Fred Goodwin – as "the worst managed bank this country has ever seen". As Goodwin's replacement, Stephen Hester, warned that the new bonus strictures would make his bankers easy prey for rivals, Myners said big pay deals were no longer justifiable.
"The chief executives of the banks have been very supportive. Some of these people in banking need to 'get it' at some point – that the levels of remuneration that helped create this situation … are just no longer justifiable," said Myners.
Hester said his bonus – now deferred for three years – was not relevant. "I have to be clear that I am doing it for the sense of accomplishment," he said.
Eric Daniels, his counterpart at Lloyds Banking Group, stressed his bank was not an investment bank paying out "telephone number-style" bonuses and that cash bonuses would be paid to staff on salaries below £39,000.
Myners urged shareholders in other banks to clamp down on pay. "I would encourage institutional investors to see this as a model to press," he said.
Amid the row about the cost and necessity of the bailout, Alistair Darling insisted that the new terms of the APS were a better deal for taxpayers. The chancellor said: "We are now able to achieve our objectives on financial stability and banking reform at a lower overall cost to the taxpayer."
Hester said the taxpayer would get its investment back at a profit and the government should not nationalise the bank entirely or it would end up like Royal Mail. "You can do the maths on how many schools and hospitals you would get" when the money is paid back, he said.
The strikes at Royal Mail could affect the mass mailing of hefty documents that Lloyds needs to send out to its more than 2 million private shareholders. Demonstrating the mixed fortunes of the banks, Lloyds shares were the biggest risers in the FTSE 100, gaining 2.7% to 87p, while RBS was the biggest faller, losing 7% to 35.9p.
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