Bank’s super Thursday could cause fireworks – London Report November 1, 2015 HSBC was this morning the latest UK bank to report results, with Standard Chartered rounding off third quarter earnings season tomorrow. There are concerns the emerging market focused Standard Chartered will have taken a hit over the past three months due to the slowing economy in China and fears surrounding emerging market growth. The bank’s [...]
Tate & Lyle share price falls as is reiterates not-so-sweet profit forecast October 8, 2015 Shares in Tate & Lyle fell two per cent to 568p this morning, after it said it expects full-year profits to be in line with the rather sour expectations it set out in May. In a trading update this morning, the company said guidance for the full year remained unchanged. In May it said it expected profits to [...]
Few reports but Sainsbury’s and Tesco to update – London Report September 27, 2015 EQUITY reports are light again this week, ahead of earnings season which begins in earnest in the second half of October. Sainsbury’s first-half numbers, released on Wednesday, will be interesting, as the sector prepares to reveal how trading has fared over the past six months. Few people are expecting an upbeat statement. However, according to [...]
City Moves for 11 June 2015 | Who’s switching jobs June 10, 2015 JLL The property-focused professional services and investment management firm has announced three appointments to its Central London tenant representation team. Robin Pugh becomes national director. He has previously worked for JLL in Dubai and in its City leasing team. Andrew Wood (pictured) joins as associate director. He has previously held roles at CBRE and DTZ [...]
Tate & Lyle share price falls as company warns of another difficult year as profit, earnings and sales all fall May 28, 2015 The figures Tate & Lyle's share price slumped four per cent in early trading after a depressing set of full-year results signalled little turnaround in profits. The FTSE 250-listed group is predicting profits will stay flat next year. admitting that it had endured "very challenging" last 12 months as it continues to restructure its business. In the [...]
Slip in consumer confidence despite retail sales growth – London Report May 25, 2015 DATA on GDP growth, consumer confidence and house prices are due out this week, and today sees the release of the CBI Distributive Trades Survey. The CBI’s research is expected to show robust retail sales growth in May. GDP growth in the first quarter is likely to be revised up to 0.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter [...]
Best of the Brokers for 27 April 2015 April 26, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com TATE & LYLE Canaccord Genuity reiterated its “buy” rating for the UK multinational food producer. The broker said simplification and greater balance towards higher quality speciality food ingredients should be reflected in improved earnings, and also makes the firm a more attractive potential [...]
The future looks less sour for Tate & Lyle as profits are set to meet expectations April 2, 2015 After a string of profit warnings, Tate & Lyle's financial outlook seems to be stabilising at last. The figures For the full year to 31 March, Tate & Lyle estimates its pre-tax profit will be fall “modestly below” the range of £230m to £245m it predicted in September. The update is based on trading [...]
Best of the Brokers for 17 February 2015 February 16, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com HUNTING Numis has upgraded its recommendation for British oil and gas service provider Hunting from “reduce” to “buy”, after the company said it expected its 2014 financial year results to be in line with expectations. “We now believe the market is ahead of [...]
Inflation report to give clues on rate hike date – London Report February 8, 2015 THE BANK of England’s quarterly inflation report is this week expected to offer an insight into whether historically-low interest rates will be increased this year or next. Howard Archer, of IHS Global Insight, said: “The Bank of England will obviously have to cut its near-term inflation forecasts sharply given that consumer price inflation fell sharply [...]