As I understand it, one reason why RBS has not given much detailed information about why its services have been so badly disrupted is that so much of the operational responsibility for IT is outsourced - so there is a sensitive issue of where to attribute blame.

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This detailed information is more than enough for a reasonable investor to assess the investment risks of a particular operating locale on a given security.

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