Markets Week Ahead November 28, 2022 | City Talk Last Week After a slightly mixed week last week not providing much direction, or trading opportunities, we will hopefully get some more viable trade ideas in the coming week. The one big move we did have last week came from the oil market, and we are through the lows again to start the week. Ongoing [...]
Crypto lender BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX shockwaves spread November 28, 2022 Crypto lender BlockFi has filed for bankruptcy today as the fallout of FTX’s collapse spreads across the industry.
Home REIT shares tumble after last-minute account delays November 28, 2022 Shares in social housing investor Home REIT plunged today after the firm delayed the publication of its accounts following an attack by a short seller last week.
BT reaches pay agreement with union after months of strikes November 28, 2022 BT has reached an agreement with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) over pay after months of negotiation. The union confirmed the news this afternoon, stating that the total package includes pay permanently increasing by £3000 from 1 April, with a further review from 1 September 2023 to “allow for further negotiations to resolve pay, grading [...]
Exclusive: Citizens Advice urges Ofgem to clamp down on suppliers failing customers November 28, 2022 Citizens Advice has urged Ofgem to ensure suppliers are supporting customers over the winter amid record energy bills.
Carlyle unveils £2.6bn to pump into European technology firms November 28, 2022 US asset manager Carlyle has rallied together over €3bn (£2.6bn) for a European fund to help grow mid-market technology firms in the continent. The fund, called Carlyle European Partners and headed by two former investment bankers, has exceeded its €2.5bn (£2.2bn) target in less than a year of fundraising, the buyout firm told Reuters. The [...]
KPMG’s failings led to Carillion’s collapse, High Court lawsuit says November 28, 2022 KPMG’s incompetence in its audits of Carillion played a core part in the construction giant’s 2018 collapse, Carillion’s liquidators have said, as part of a £1.3bn lawsuit against the Big Four accounting firm. KPMG’s 2016 audit of Carillion lulled the construction firm’s board into a false sense of security that saw the firm make a [...]
Supermarkets ‘implored’ to lower forecourt fuel prices after steady wholesale drop November 28, 2022 Motoring group the RAC has urged supermarkets for not lowering prices in forecourts despite wholesale fuel going down in price. The car-owners’ organisation appealed to the big four – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda to make consumers’ lives easier amid the cost of living crisis. In new figures released, the RAC showed wholesale fuel prices [...]
Barclays chief ‘Venkat’ to undergo cancer treatment in New York November 28, 2022 The head of Barclays has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, but doctors have said his “condition is curable,” he announced today. In a statement just after the market open yesterday, C.S. Venkatakrishnan, known as “Venkat” said the illness “has been detected early” and that his “prognosis is excellent”. He will continue to run the bank. [...]
Credit Suisse shares dive as stability concerns spread November 28, 2022 Shares in embattled Swiss lender Credit Suisse plunged beyond eight per cent today as fears over the banks' stability spread in the wake of a profit warning last week.