RBS lines up £4.7bn plane leasing sale
RBS had previously indicated that it would sell RBS Aviation Capital as part of a major restructuring at the part‑nationalised bank that has already raised billions.
The imminent deal comes amid reports that RBS’s corporate finance head in the UK, John McIntyre, is leading a team of dealmakers considering a management buy-out of the bank’s advisory business.
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Hide AdMcIntyre, a former employee of German investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort, was hired in 2001 to lead a push into corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. But 83 per cent taxpayer-owned RBS is now shrinking its investment banking arm.