RBS sets aside £800m to pay for bad loans as profit falls almost 50%

RBS sets aside £800m to pay for bad loans as profit is dragged down almost 50% in the coronavirus slump By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside £802million to prepare for the coronavirus slump – … Read more

Will the wellness craze make you a healthy profit?

It’s not uncommon for our health and fitness New Year resolutions to slowly fizzle out by mid-January.  But that doesn’t mean you can’t still reap the benefits of the booming wellness craze through your personal investment portfolio. The so-called wellness lifestyle is now so popular in the UK that the industry is worth £20.6 billion, … Read more

TONY HETHERINGTON: Beside Asset Management won’t return any cash despite my ‘£84,000 profit’

Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below.  S.A. writes: I was looking for investments and came across a company called Beside Asset Management. I did some … Read more

JP Morgan posts highest annual profit of any US bank in history

JP Morgan posts highest annual profit of any US bank in history, raking in £27.5bn By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:38 BST, 14 January 2020 | Updated: 22:38 BST, 14 January 2020 JP Morgan has posted the highest annual profit of any US bank in history. Spurred on in the fourth quarter … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Save the airlines but don’t let tycoons profit

The airline industry can be accused of many sins.  It is infested with brassy billionaires, such as the avaricious Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of EasyJet, and the egregious Sir Richard Branson.  It is responsible for pollution that is poisoning the planet.  Customer service is sometimes woeful and industrial relations, wherever the main fault lies, … Read more