Fri, 15th Mar 2019 15:32
Shares bombed yet further in pawnbroking chain Albemarle & Bond after it revealed refinancing talks had collapsed and was in danger of breaching its banking covenants. The Wakefield-based group was in talks with its 29.97% shareholder EZCorp, a Nasdaq-listed pawnbroking giant, which Albemarle had h
Read moreAdmiral Group: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 1140p to 1300p retaining a hold recommendation. African Barrick Gold: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 173p to 180p staying with its hold recommendation. Albemarle & Bond: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 280p to 146p and downgrade
Read morePaul Manduca, the Chairman of Prudential, the FTSE 100 life insurance company, this week showed his faith in the company with the purchase of 20,000 shares following a hefty fine levied by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) at the end of March. Manduca, who became Chairman in July of last year
Read moreShares in Albemarle & Bond fell on Tuesday after the pawnbroker said it is planning to slow the number of new shop openings following a reduction to gold buying volumes. The firm said that while volumes have remained in line with the levels seen in the fourth quarter, the figures actually represen
Read moreEven pawnbrokers are having a hard time on the High Street, with Albemarle & Bond warning that the lower gold price has caused an unexpected slow-down in the growth of sales of the yellow stuff. The firm said that in the last eight weeks of the second half of its financial year the year-on-year per
Read moreBodycote: Credit Suisse raises price target on Bodycote to 380p from 350p. Royal Bank of Scotland: Nomura keeps reduce rating and 26p target. British American Tobacco: Nomura maintains buy rating and 3,320p target. RSA Insurance: Nomura reiterates buy rating and 148p target. Anglo American: Alp
Read moreAdmiral: Nomura reiterates buy recommendation and 1,100p target; Credit Suisse upgrades to outperform from neutral, lifts target from 1,100p to 1,300p. Morrison: Goldman Sachs adds to conviction sell list. Petropavlovsk: Nomura upgrades from reduce to neutral, target upped from 860p to 910p. Aber
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