IN BRIEF: UK government trims stake in NatWest to just below 10%
NatWest Group PLC - Edinburgh, Scotland-based bank - The UK government reduces its stake in NatWest to 9.99% on Thursday from 10.99%, NatWest said in a stock exchange filing on Friday. The UK government had owned 84% of NatWest following a taxpayer bailout of what was then Royal Bank of Scotland Group during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. As recently as 2018, the government held a 62% stake in NatWest, but it has been selling this down progressively since. Read More