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Co-op Group posts £559m losses

The Co-operative Group has recorded pre-tax losses of £559 million for the first six months of the year. Its banking arm lost £709.4m, wiping out profits from its supermarkets.

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Banking regulator 'anticipated' Co-op Bank losses

The new banking regulator has said it anticipated today's losses at the Co-op Bank and that it will hold it to the plan announced in June to rebalance its balance sheet.

The Prudential Regulation Authority [PRA] anticipated the likely scale and source of these losses when it made its assessment of the bank’s capital position in June.

Consequently, the announcement today does not affect the PRA’s assessment that the Co-operative Bank has a capital shortfall of £1.5bn relative to 7% core equity capital after adjustments.

– Bank of England spokesperson

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