

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Britain plans to overhaul broad rules governing financial benchmarks to ease industry's compliance burden and focus regul...


HSBC hits record high after brokerage upgrade *


FTSE 100 up 0.9%; FTSE 250 up 0.56% *


(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 made strong headway on Wednesday, supported by a larger-than-expected cooling in inflation and a spike in the oil price...


LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday added Egypt's Zohr gas field, in which Russian oil major Rosneft holds a 30% stake and London-based ...


LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday added Egypt's Zohr gas field, in which Russian oil major Rosneft holds a 30% stake and London-based ...


(Alliance News) - BAE Systems PLC on Wednesday confirmed the completion of the placing of shares it owned in Air Astana JSC, selling a bigger part of ...


(Sharecast News) - HSBC shares rallied on Wednesday after KBW lifted its rating to 'outperform' from 'market perform', citing the strength of the bank...


LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS said on Wednesday it had hired a senior executive from Britain's Legal & General to co-head an expande...


LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Swiss financial giant UBS said on Wednesday it had hired a senior executive from Britain's Legal & General (L&G) ...


(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were higher at midday on Wednesday as easing UK inflation reinforced expectations of a Bank of England intere...


(Alliance News) - Diploma PLC on Wednesday said it has formally appointed Wilson Ng, currently acting chief financial officer, to the CFO role.


(Sharecast News) - UBS downgraded M&G on Wednesday to 'neutral' from 'buy' as it said the stock was now fairly valued, but lifted the price target to ...


FTSE 100 up 1.7%; FTSE 250 up 1% *


(Sharecast News) - Diageo is to sell its stake in East African Breweries Limited to Japan's Asahi Group Holdings in a deal worth $2.3bn, the drinks gi...