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DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Barclays Technology Chief Sells Shares

UPDATE: Barclays Sells Benchmark Indices Unit To Bloomberg

UPDATE 1-Barclays sells benchmark indices unit to Bloomberg

(Adds comments from Bloomberg, details) LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc has sold its benchmark indices and risk analytics business, which includes the widely used Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, to financial information provider Bloomberg for about 520 million pounds ($781 milli

Barclays sells benchmark indices unit to Bloomberg for $781 mln

LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc has sold its benchmark indices and risk analytics business to financial data provider Bloomberg for about 520 million pounds ($781 million), the British bank said on Wednesday. Barclays said the sale of its Risk Analytics and Index Solutions business

Barclays sells indices business to Bloomberg for £520m

(ShareCast News) - Barclays has agreed to sell its benchmark indices business, Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions (BRAIS) to Bloomberg LP for around £520m. Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions (BRAIS) incorporates the bank's benchmark indices, including the Barclays Aggregate family

Barclays Sells Risk Analytics And Index Solutions Unit To Bloomberg

Barclays considers scaling back in Africa - FT

LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - New Barclays Chief Executive Jes Staley is considering selling some or all of the British bank's African operations as part of his strategic review, the Financial Times said. Staley has raised questions about the strategic fit of the large African business with t

PRESS: Barclays Considers Scaling Back In Africa - Financial Times

Barclays may sell part or all of its African operations

(ShareCast News) - Barclays may sell a part or all of its African operations, breaking with a hundred years of history on that continent. The bank is studying the sale as part of a review put in place by its newly arrived chief, Jes Staley, the Financial Times reported. -- More to follow --

"Fintech" expansion lures foreign banks to Israel

* Santander division sees 1-2 investments annually in Israel * Citi mobile trading app developed in its Tel Aviv lab * Israeli fintech M&A volume jumped in 2015 By Tova Cohen TEL AVIV, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A five-minute chat with an executive from Israeli start-up MyCheck wa

US SF WRAP-Junk bond rout forces CMBS deal to pay up

By Joy Wiltermuth NEW YORK, Dec 15 (IFR) - JP Morgan and Barclays had to offer up more spread Tuesday on their final conduit CMBS deal of the year as spillover from the high-yield bond rout took its toll on investor confidence. The US$799m deal's Triple A rated securities priced 3bp-5

UPDATE 1-MOVES-Barclays makes new appointments in healthcare banking group

(Adds Apostolatos, other healthcare deals) Dec 15 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc said on Tuesday it had hired two senior dealmakers in the United States as it seeks to expand its healthcare investment banking group amid a frenzy of dealmaking in the sector. Ben Taylor, previously head of emergi

MOVES-Barclays makes new appointments in healthcare banking group

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc said on Tuesday it had hired two senior dealmakers in the United States as it seeks to expand its healthcare investment banking group amid a frenzy of dealmaking in the sector. Ben Taylor, previously head of emerging pharmaceutical companies at Goldman Sachs Gr

UPDATE 2-Bank of England gives banks until 2020 to build crisis funds

* 400 lenders must hold an extra 223 bln stg cushion * Current net shortfall vs that target is 27 bln stg * Most of the shortfall at the biggest lenders (Adds lawmaker, consultant comment) By Huw Jones LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Britain's banks will have until 2020 to bu

RPT-Bank of England gives banks until 2020 to build buffers to prevent future taxpayer bailouts

(Repeats to additional subscribers) By Huw Jones LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Britain's banks will have until 2020 to put in place an extra buffer of funds that will be tapped in a crisis to shield taxpayers from having to bailout failed lenders again, the Ban