Is it over now? Where next for the banking crisis in Europe April 7, 2023 Is that it? After a few weeks of exhilarating volatility, European banking stocks have settled into a more reliable pattern. It seems dramatic regulatory interventions have stemmed the possibility of immediate financial difficulties. The question now is whether the events of the past few weeks are symptoms of wider financial problems which will be brought [...]
Barclays shareholders urged to vote against excessive executive pay package after ex-CFO cost bank millions April 6, 2023 Glass Lewis has recommended that Barclays’ shareholders vote against a pay plan for its executive team, citing excessive pay for its former finance chief who was in charge when a trading blunder ended up costing the bank hundreds of millions. While Barclays docked £1m from the pay of its top executives in February, proxy advisor [...]
Mark Kleinman: This licence to print money may soon run out of road April 6, 2023 How’s that licence to print money going? Not so well if you’re a long-standing investor in De La Rue, the authentication and currency specialist which has managed to squander a market-leading position and hundreds of millions of pounds in shareholder value. Oberthur Technologies, its French-based peer, tabled an indicative offer in 2010 worth 905p-a-share, or [...]
Meet the KPMG dealmaker putting the Big 4 firm in the green energy mix April 5, 2023 Hardly a week goes by without a new survey showing the slump in M&A activity in 2022. By some estimates M&A dropped 18 per cent after the flurry in 2021. However, looking a little closer reveals a more nuanced picture. Mid-level M&A remained fairly consistent while certain sectors saw continued growth. One of the most [...]
New ‘endorsing body’ set to take on Tech Nation visa programme April 4, 2023 A new body is set to take over management of the feted tech talent visa programme from Tech Nation after the start-up group closed its doors at the end of March, the Home Office has confirmed.
FTSE 100 close: Shell and BP lift London higher as OPEC production cut boosts oil giants April 3, 2023 London’s FTSE 100 was dragged up by its oil giants at the beginning of the week, as OPEC’s cut to production saw BP and Shell climb. The capital’s premier index closed up 0.54 per cent at 7,673.00 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK [...]
FTSE 100 live: London’s blue chip stocks end the week in the black as March bows out ‘like a lamb’ with bulls ‘licking their wounds’ March 31, 2023 London’s premier index ended the week in the black, just. The FTSE 100 was last up at 7,631.74 just 11.31 points or 0.15 per cent. The FTSE 250, which is more UK focused ended the week slightly in the black up at 18,928.30 or 20.56 points higher. Today was the final trading day in a [...]
Four day week, recession fears, Brexit and banking: The top five business news stories on City A.M. March 31, 2023 This week started off with markets trying to settle themselves after the chaos in the banking sector, so attention turned to work itself and the idea of a four-day week made for one of the most read stories online. Along with that story here are the four others that were the top five read business [...]
Is the future of banking online only? NatWest and Lloyds to axe 81 branches, taking this year’s total to 213. Here’s a list of closures: March 31, 2023 Two of the UK’s biggest banking groups have announced plans to make big cuts to their branch networks this year, cutting more than 80 sites from around the country. Lloyds Group and NatWest Group have said that the sites in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man will close between July and November this [...]
FTSE 100 live: Ocado steams ahead again as analysts warn banks have long road to recovery March 30, 2023 London’s FTSE 100 scaled higher today lifted by middle class favourite and online supermarket Ocado extending its strong rally this week. The capital’s premier index climbed 0.32 per cent to 7,588.65 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more in tune with the health of the UK economy, bumped 0.73 per cent [...]