Brexit: 23 answers to investors’ questions October 16, 2018 | City Talk The UK’s scheduled departure from the EU is fast approaching. Many observers are hopeful for an orderly withdrawal. But plenty of potential pitfalls between now and Brexit-day which could result in a chaotic divorce. The only near-certainty at present is that the UK will cease to be a full member of the EU on 29 [...]
Blackrock wins £30bn investment contract from Scottish Widows as owner Lloyds walks away from Standard Life Aberdeen October 12, 2018 Blackrock today won a £30bn investment contract in Lloyds Banking Group-owned Scottish Widows. The asset manager will invest the pension company’s funds in index strategies while also seeking to establish a strategic partnership to collaborate in risk management, alternative asset classes and innovative investment technology, Lloyds said. The money forms part of a £110bn pot [...]
Lloyds to put £13bn wealth unit into joint venture with Schroders October 7, 2018 Lloyds, Britain’s biggest high street lender, plans to merge its £13bn wealth-management wing into a a new joint venture with investment giant Schroders, according to a report. Details of the arrangement – which would transform the UK’s wealth-management sector by bringing Schroders’ services closer to a more wider group than its current, affluent cliente – [...]
Lloyds Banking Group reportedly plans to set up insurance subsidiary in Luxembourg September 20, 2018 Lloyds Banking Group will reportedly set up a subsidiary in Luxembourg to allow it to serve life insurance customers in the EU after Brexit. The firm has had initial discussions with regulators in Luxembourg on securing a licence for a subsidiary, Reuters reported. The Scottish Widows brand, which Lloyds TSB bought exactly 17 years before [...]
Noel Edmonds brands Archbishop of Canterbury a “reincarnation of evil” over Lloyds investment September 18, 2018 TV presenter Noel Edmonds branded the Archbishop of Canterbury a "reincarnation of evil" for investing in Lloyds Bank and failing to meet with HBOS fraud victims. The Deal or No Deal star, who is seeking £64m in damages from Lloyds, said Justin Welby was a hypocrite after the church leader last week mounted an attack on zero hours contracts [...]
Lloyds Banking Group closes another 15 branches September 12, 2018 Lloyds Banking Group today announced the closure of another 15 branches as the steady whittling down of the British bank network continues. Britain's biggest retail bank said 23 jobs will be at risk, with the closures taking place between January and March 2019. The bank is aiming for none of the job losses to be [...]
Goldman Sachs and UBS’s £1 RBS and Lloyds bank share sale fee baffles top MPs September 9, 2015 An influential committee of MPs was puzzled yesterday by the revelation that some of the City’s biggest firms had charged the government just £1 for handling the sale of shares in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds. Top officials from UK Financial Investments (UKFI) – the body that manages the government’s stake in the lenders – [...]
Chancellor George Osborne: The City has made progress… Now for the next 10 years September 6, 2015 Today marks a decade since City A.M. established itself as a leading paper for the City of London. Lots has changed over that time, not least the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 that cost Britain billions in lost economic output. Back then, the City was seen as part of the problem. But since I [...]
Lloyds Banking Group sell-off continues as government reduces stake to 13 per cent August 24, 2015 The government has sold a further one per cent of its stake in Lloyds Banking Group, taking its total holding to less than 13 per cent. It has now realised £14.5bn from the share sale, which began in December last year and will end no later than 31 December. All sales are used to [...]
Government sells off more Lloyd shares, taking its stake below 14 per cent August 3, 2015 The government has sold off another one per cent of its shares in bailed-out bank Lloyds, taking the taxpayer's stake below 14 per cent. The latest sale means so far it's raised nearly £14bn for the Treasury's coffers through a trickle of share sales, which were initially announced in December. "It’s fantastic news that we’ve sold [...]