Editing ABN AMRO (section)

===Disposals outside of the Netherlands===

In 2008, RFS Holdings completed the sale of a portfolio of [[private equity]] interests in 32 European companies managed by [[AAC Capital Partners]] to a consortium comprising [[Goldman Sachs]], [[AlpInvest Partners]] and the [[Canada Pension Plan]] for $1.5 billion through a [[private equity secondary market]] transaction.<ref name="goldman">{{cite news |url=http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080812/REG/553466536 |title=Goldman group snags ABN AMRO unit |work=Pensions & Investments |publisher=pionline.com |author=Arleen Jacobius |date=12 August 2008 |access-date=2013-02-19 |archive-date=2009-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202112513/http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080812%2FREG%2F553466536 }}</ref><ref name="discount">{{cite news| url=http://www.penews.com/magazine/news/content/2451547473| title=Discount offered to offload ABN Amro's Secondaries| work=Private Equity News| publisher=penews.com| author=Toby Lewis| date=18 August 2008| access-date=2013-02-19| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403121609/http://www.penews.com/magazine/news/content/2451547473| archive-date=3 April 2015}}</ref>

In September 2009, RBS rebranded the Morgans sharedealing business in [[Australia]] as RBS Morgans. This followed the rebranding of the ABN AMRO Australia unit to RBS Australia in March that year.<ref name="morgans">{{cite news| url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-business/abn-amro-morgans-rebrands-to-rbs-morgans-20090910-fjaq.html| title=ABN AMRO Morgans rebrands to RBS Morgans| author=Alison Bell| work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]| date=10 September 2009| publisher=smh.com.au| access-date=2013-02-19| archive-date=2011-08-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810100316/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-business/abn-amro-morgans-rebrands-to-rbs-morgans-20090910-fjaq.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

On 10 February 2010, RBS announced that branches it owned in [[India]]<ref name="india">{{cite news| title=ABN Amro India ready for re-branding into RBS| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/abn-amro-india-ready-for-re-branding-into-rbs-108052500006_1.html| work=[[Business Standard]]| publisher=business-standard.com| date=25 May 2008| access-date=2013-02-19| archive-date=2013-06-19| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619044727/http://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/abn-amro-india-ready-for-re-branding-into-rbs-108052500006_1.html| url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[United Arab Emirates]] were to be rebranded under its name.<ref name="uae">{{cite news| url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/business/2010/February/business_February152.xml&section=business&col=| title=UAE's ABN Amro Becomes RBS on February 6| work=[[Khaleej Times]]| date=5 February 2010| publisher=khaleejtimes.com| access-date=2013-02-19| archive-date=2015-04-03| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403082006/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data%2Fbusiness%2F2010%2FFebruary%2Fbusiness_February152.xml&section=business&col=| url-status=live}}</ref> [[HSBC]] Holdings said it would buy the Indian retail and commercial banking businesses of Royal Bank of Scotland for $1.8bn, however the deal fell-through in December 2012.<ref name="hsbc">{{cite news| url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/17427224.cms| title=Royal Bank of Scotland's sale of Indian unit to HSBC falls through| work=[[The Times Of India]]| date=1 December 2012| publisher=indiatimes.com| access-date=2013-02-19| archive-date=2018-02-01| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020118/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/17427224.cms| url-status=live}}</ref>

The operations owned by Santander, notably those in [[Italy]] and [[Brazil]], were merged with Santander, sold or eliminated.