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Barclays Africa says to acquire Kenya's First Assurance

NAIROBI, June 10 (Reuters) - Barclays Africa Group said on Wednesday it had reached a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Kenya's First Assurance Ltd for 2.8 billion shillings ($28.84 million). "The planned acquisition of First Assurance is a good strategic fit for our business," Lanz Zu

LONDON MARKET COMMENT: Standard Chartered Up Before Osborne Speech

RBS, Barclays among banks downgraded by S&P

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded a number of UK and German banks including Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, saying it was uncertain whether their respective governments would bail them out if they ran into difficulties. "We now consider the prospect that th

London pre-open: Footsie to start lower as transport sector weighs on Wall Street

The FTSE 100 is expected to start the session between 5 to 12 points lower from Tuesday's close of 6,753.80 points. That follows a flat close on Wall Street overnight. The Dow Jones Industrials finished in negative territory for the year as the Dow Jones Transports closed at year-to-date lows, weigh

LONDON MORNING BRIEFING: Standard Chartered Up Ahead Of Osborne Speech

Wednesday newspaper round-up: Referendum, Bank levy, Mansion House

The Government should hold a referendum on Britain's EU membership as soon as possible to end the uncertainty that the looming vote creates for businesses, according to one of the world's leading bond investors. The Pacific Investment Management Company (Pimco) said it was important for the UK to ge

LONDON MARKET COMMENT: Stocks Seen Lower; Sainsbury's Sales Slip

LONDON MARKET COMMENT: Stocks Pointed Lower, Greece and Bonds In Focus

PRESS: Chancellor Poised To Axe GBP3.5 Billion Bank Levy - Times

PRESS: S&P Downgrades RBS, Barclays, Three European Banks - FT

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Asia oil and gas banker Martinez quits HSBC to join Barclays-source

HONG KONG, June 10 (Reuters) - HSBC plc's head of oil and gas banking in Asia, Jorge Martinez, has left the firm to join Barclays in a similar position, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Martinez had joined HSBC in 2012 and before that spent three and a half years

S&P lowers ratings of Barclays, Deutsche and RBS

June 9 (Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded several U.K. and German banks, including Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays Plc, saying it considers government support for these banks to be uncertain. The rating arm of McGraw Hill Financial Inc downgraded Germany's Deutsche Bank

UPDATE 6-HSBC to shed 50,000 jobs in quest for higher payouts

* Half job cuts to come from sale of Brazil, Turkey businesses * Bank to cut risk weighted assets by a quarter, or $290 bln * New return on equity target of above 10 pct by 2017 * Will rebrand its UK retail bank * Review of whether to move HQ to be completed by year end

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