Aldermore hires advisers to plot raid on Co-operative Bank

Aldermore Group, the mid-sized client and enterprise lender, has employed advisers to plot a takeover of the Co-operative Bank. Sky News has learnt that Aldermore, which is itself owned by South Africa’s FirstRand Group, is working with funding bankers on BNP Paribas on the dimensions and construction of a suggestion. City sources mentioned on Tuesday…