Barclays Share News (BARC)

MOVES-Lloyds hires Barclays' Appen for top financial role

By Aimee Donnellan LONDON, Oct 10 (IFR) - Lloyds has hired Allen Appen from UK rival Barclays to head its financial institutions capital and asset-backed solutions business, reporting to head of capital markets James Garvey. Appen spent the last 21 years with Barclays, and was most re

Bank of England FPC sheds light on plans for Scottish independence vote

LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The Bank of England shed light on Friday on some of its contingency plans if Scotland had voted in favour of independence last month, saying it was ready to supply extra bank notes and pump extra liquidity into banks. A record of the BoE Financial Policy Committee

EXCLUSIVE-Share sale of UK's Lloyds on hold until dividend approved -sources

* Bank needs dividend go-ahead for sale to happen -sources * Lloyds is in talks with regulator over paying dividend * Outcome of dividend talks remains uncertain -sources * Shares need to be trading above 80 pence for sale -sources By Matt Scuffham LONDON, Oct 9 (Reu

Thursday tips round-up: TSB, Virgin,Marston's

The long list of challenger banks, both those who have recently floated as well as those which are waiting in the wings to do so, enjoy some important advantages over their big four rivals (HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, RBS). Namely, they lack the legacy problems which are dogging their competitors and th

UPDATE 1-Barclays to pay $20 mln to settle US class action over Libor

(Adds details on settlement, background on case, comments from lawyer and Barclays) By Nate Raymond NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to resolve a U.S. class action lawsuit accusing the British bank of manipulating the Libor benchmark intere

Barclays to pay $20 million to settle U.S. class action over Libor manipulation

NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to resolve a U.S. class action lawsuit accusing the bank of manipulating the Libor benchmark interest rate, according to court papers filed Wednesday. The proposed deal, disclosed in court papers filed in New York

MOVES-Dean makes Barclays return as GFRS chairman

By Owen Wild LONDON, Oct 8 (IFR) - Sam Dean is to return to Barclays in the New Year as chairman of global finance and risk solutions, according to an internal memo seen by IFR. Dean, the former global head of equity capital markets at the firm, began a sabbatical late last year for p

MOVES-Fidelity Worldwide Investment hires Peter Horrell from Barclays

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Asset manager Fidelity Worldwide Investment named Peter Horrell as managing director of its UK business, effective April 1, 2015. Horrell joins from Barclays Plc, where he headed the wealth & investment management business. He will replace James Burton, chief marketi

Fidelity Worldwide Investment appoints ex-Barclays executive as UK boss

Fidelity Worldwide Investment (FWI) has appointed a former Barclays senior executive as the new boss of its UK business. Fidelity said Peter Horrell would become managing director of its £70bn UK arm, which provides professional investors, financial intermediaries, employers and personal investors w

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PRESS: Barclays Claims New York Oversteps On Dark Pool Suit - Reuters

Banks need overhaul, but risk to recovery, IMF says

By Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A much-needed pruning of banks across the world could stifle lending and dampen economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. To boost profits, banks need to raise prices in certain business lines, pull out of othe

Barclays says New York 'dark pool' suit oversteps legal bounds

By John McCrank NEW YORK, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Barclays PLC on Tuesday urged a New York court to toss the state attorney general's fraud case over how the bank ran its private U.S. trading venue, saying the case oversteps state securities laws and offers no proof any investors were hurt. Read more