Shell finance chief Simon Henry appointed to Lloyds Bank board June 4, 2014 LLOYDS yesterday brought in Shell’s finance chief as a non-executive director on its board. Simon Henry has held the job at the energy giant since 2009, and has worked his way up the group since joining in 1982. His career has included roles across investor relations, and running finance for the exploration and production parts [...]
Lloyds to pay for computer systems at TSB June 2, 2014 NEW HIGH street bank TSB will receive up to £450m from parent Lloyds if it decides to build new IT systems in future, under the terms of its listing on the stock market. Currently TSB is renting a copy of Lloyds’ systems, giving it a ready-made and comprehensive capabilities. The arrangement is thought to be [...]
Lloyds confirms float of TSB May 27, 2014 Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed plans to sell 25 per cent of lender TSB sometime next month, with the prospectus set to be published in mid-June. The offer will be available to institutional investors and to intermediaries. Retail investors will receive one free share for every 20 they buy, up to the value of £2,000, [...]
Lloyds caps mortgages May 20, 2014 LLOYDS Bank yesterday announced a shock clampdown on home lending designed to tackle the London housing boom, saying applications for mortgages worth over £500,000 would now be subject to a new income test. Borrowers will now only be able to get their hands on over half a million pounds from the UK’s biggest mortgage lender [...]
OneSavings Bank hires ex-Lloyds and Close Brothers execs to board May 14, 2014 Onesavings Bank, which plans to float on the London Stock Exchange next month, has beefed up its board by hiring two more industry veterans, the lender announced yesterday. Ex-Lloyds executive Graham Allatt and former Close Brothers director Mary McNamara have both joined the bank’s board. McNamara was formerly the group’s commercial division, and previously worked [...]
Shares in TSB for sale by end of June as Lloyds kicks off £1.5bn flotation May 1, 2014 RETAIL investors will get a chance to buy shares in new high street bank TSB by the end of June, Lloyds said yesterday. The group is selling off the bank as part of the terms of its 2008 bailout. Up to 40 per cent of TSB is likely to be on offer in the first [...]
London Report: Lloyds profit boost helps FTSE approach a two-month high May 1, 2014 BRITAIN’S blue-chip share index hit its highest level in about two months yesterday, rising for a fourth straight session as gains at Lloyds bank buoyed the market. The FTSE 100 index ended up by 0.4 per cent, or 28.84 points, at 6,808.87 points, its highest close since 4 March. Shares of Lloyds surged 5.5 per [...]
Lloyds reports 22pc jump in first quarter profits May 1, 2014 Lloyds Banking Group has shown this morning that its profitability continues to improve. In the first quarter, underlying profits rose 22 per cent to £1.8bn, from £1.5bn last year. Chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio says a stronger, lower-risk balance sheet is helping the bank to power forward, calling Lloyds "well positioned to support and benefit from [...]
Lloyds struggling to identify a non-exec to reform IT system April 8, 2014 LLOYDS is having trouble finding a non-executive director who can understand its ageing IT systems and bring the bank into the modern world, its former chairman Sir Win Bischoff said yesterday. Currently Lloyds’ computer setup is made of decades-old systems from several banks, forced together over years of mergers. “We as a bank are looking for [...]
Lloyds struggles to hire IT director April 8, 2014 Lloyds is having trouble finding a non-executive director who can understand its creaking IT systems and bring the bank into the modern world, its former chairman Sir Win Bischoff said today. Currently its computer setup is made of decades-old systems from several banks, forced together over years of mergers and acquisitions. “They have been bolted [...]