Metro Bank shares crash to record low after it scraps £250m bond issue September 24, 2019 Shares in Metro Bank closed over 35 per cent down at a fresh record low after the lender cancelled a crucial £250m bond issue designed to bolster its balance sheets to meet regulatory demands. The challenger bank’s shares opened down as much as 17 per cent before trimming losses slightly, but then crashed again in [...]
HSBC wins court fight as Euribor fine gets scrapped September 24, 2019 HSBC has won a £27.9m EU court fight over Euirbor rigging. Europe’s second highest court annulled the multi-million pound fine for “insufficient reasoning”, despite agreeing that HSBC had infringed the law. Read more: Metro Bank share price sinks The fine was slapped on HSBC by EU antitrust regulators in 2016 over rigging the Euribor financial [...]
Metro Bank share price sinks after investors snub £250m bond offering September 24, 2019 Metro Bank’s shares fell almost ten per cent in early trading after the struggling lender was forced to ditch a £250m bond offering yesterday after a lack of demand from investors. The challenger bank’s shares fell as much as 12 per cent in morning trading, but then trimmed its losses to 6.8 per cent. Read [...]
Metro Bank pulls bond offering on lack of demand September 23, 2019 Metro Bank today suffered a further blow after it pulled a £250m bond offering after a lack of demand from investors. The challenger bank has undergone a tough time since it disclosed an accounting error in January that wiped £1.5bn from its market capitalisation. Metro launched a bond offering this morning, aiming to raise £250m [...]
Thomas Cook collapse set to net hedge funds millions September 23, 2019 The demise of travel firm Thomas Cook has caused chaos, leaving 150,000 Brits stranded abroad and triggering the UK’s biggest peacetime repatriation effort, but hedge funds are set to make millions from the collapse. Thomas Cook was the most shorted company on the London Stock Exchange ahead of its collapse into liquidation in the early [...]
Fintechs are moving at such break-neck speeds that they’re struggling to mitigate the risks September 23, 2019 The “challenger” moniker has been given to a new generation of financial brands because they are disrupting the status quo set by the financial institutions of the past. But it may be that the speed at which these tech-focused firms are expanding will leave them open to significant risk in the near future. In fact, [...]
UK Finance chair Bob Wigley named in employment claim alleging fraud at company he chaired September 23, 2019 UK Finance chair Bob Wigley has been named in an employment tribunal claim alleging fraud at a company he chaired. The claim, seen by City A.M., relates to Northern Ireland tech firm Secure Broadcast. Its former chief operating officer Richard Johnston is claiming constructive dismissal from the company after uncovering an alleged fraud. According to [...]
Rose through the ranks: RBS picks lifer for top role September 22, 2019 It was was the worst kept secret in the Square Mile: on Friday morning Alison Rose was finally appointed as the new chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, but the only surprise was that the announcement did not come any sooner. RBS has insisted that it underwent a thorough job process which involved [...]
Big banks shift just 1,000 jobs since Brexit vote, EY reports September 20, 2019 Just 1,000 jobs within the big banks have left the City since Brexit, a new report from EY has found. According to the accountancy giant, among the large investment banks monitored in its tracker under 1,000 jobs have already relocated to the continent. Read more: Worldwide climate strikes set to start The figure represents 15 [...]
Blackrock says Federal Reserve rate cut should have been ‘bolder’ September 19, 2019 The world’s biggest investment firm Blackrock has criticised the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates by one notch, saying it “missed an opportunity for a bolder stance”. Read more: US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter point Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of global fixed income at Blackrock, which manages $6.8 trillion [...]