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London afternoon: Banks pare losses

Mon, 30th Nov 2009 14:36

Leading share prices are still holding steady at lower levels as investors await further developments from Dubai. Banks such as Lloyds Banking, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered remain nervous about the debt situation in emirate, though the morning's losses have been pared. HSBC defies the trend and is nursing a small gain.Properties are also out of favour after HSBC said the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector is poised to suffer a 'double-dip correction' and that shares within the sector are 'grossly over valued'.SEGRO, Liberty International and British Land are the hardest hit among the big guns of the sector.A ray of sunshine has been provided by travel operator Thomas Cook, which posted full year pre-tax profits that were ahead of expectations as increased ticket prices offset falling customer numbers. The company posted an adjusted pre-tax profit of £308.2m, down slightly from £309.3m the previous year, as revenues climbed to £9.27bn from £8.75bn. The shares have relinquished their early gains but sector peer TUI Travel, due to declare figures on Tuesday, is still in the blue.Aberdeen Asset's purchase of businesses from Credit Suisse gave assets under management a boost in the year to September, but the fund manager still suffered a 20% slump in profits. Underlying profit before tax fell to £85.1m from £95.1m a year ago, but dived to £10.5m from £60.5m after exceptional items, such as costs related to acquisitions, redundancy payments and other rationalisation charges.Oil and gas firm Cairn Energy is to make oil exploration company Capricorn a wholly owned subsidiary by buying out minority shareholder Dyas's 9.99% stake for $95m, to be satisfied through a mixture of newly issued shares and cash. The board of pub group Mitchells and Butlers has approached the Takeover Panel to rule whether a group of shareholders has been trying to gain control of the board after they blocked three potential candidates for chairman. Reports over the weekend suggested that one of those candidates was Archie Norman, the former head of Asda and recently appointed chairman of ITV.Irish banking group Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has confirmed its participation in the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) asset acquisition programme. NAMA has yet to specify which of Allied Irish's loans it intends to buy under the scheme, but expects it will be land and development loans totalling €24.2bn on a gross loan basis. Expectations are that AIB will have to take around a 30% 'haircut' on the value of its assets in return for the boost to liquidity.Bank of Ireland also plans to join the NAMA scheme. The company said the portfolio of potential eligible bank assets to be transferred could comprise a gross book portfolio of around €16bn.Magners maker C&C has agreed to buy the UK cider assets of Constellation Brands (CB), The Gaymer Cider Company for £45m in cash.Falkland Islands Holdings has made a £3.1m profit after selling 3m shares in Falkland Oil and Gas. The group, which owns businesses in the South Atlantic territory, offloaded 20% of its stake in Falkland Oil, but still owns 12m shares, or 8.2% of the business.

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Group revenue rose 4.4 per cent to 35.6m pounds at AIM-listed international services group Falkland Islands in the year ended March 31st, underpinned in part by strong activity in the group's art-focussed business division. In its final results for the year, the group - which owns essential service

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17 Apr 2013 10:23

Falkland Islands Holdings to report fall in annual profits

Falkland Islands Holdings, a British conglomerate which owns logistics, warehouses and retail outlets on the islands, expects to report a fall in annual profits. The company anticipates pre-tax profit of £3.0m for the year to March 31st 2013, compared to £3.2m a year earlier. The group said tradin

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Chamberlin Chairman invests 75k

Castings and engineering group Chamberlin announced on Monday that its Chairman has topped up his stake in the company twice over the couple of weeks. Keith Butler-Wheelhouse acquired a total of 44,500 Chamberlin ordinary shares through his family trust, BW Family Limited (BWFL), representing 0.56%

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Falkland Islands Holdings rises on oil hopes

Falkland Islands Holdings has risen despite producing uninspiring interims, with both revenues and profits virtually flat year-on-year. For the six months ended September 30th revenues were virtually unchanged at £16.5m, with pre-tax profits marginally up at £1.08m (2011: £0.99m). Divisionally, F

6 Jul 2012 15:59

ReThink Group CFO buys 1.4m shares

Steve Wright, the Chief Financial Officer of ReThink Group, has purchased more than 1.4m shares in the recruitment and technology services firm. Wright purchased the shares at 7.00p each and for a total of £100,000. The company's share price has fallen over 25% in the last year, equal to 2.62p.

14 Jun 2012 13:13

Falkland Islands Holdings raises funds

Falkland Islands Holdings, the AIM quoted international services group, has raised eight million pounds following a subscription for shares by Blackfish Capital, an investment fund. In addition, the company is making an open offer under which the company's existing shareholder can buy one open offe

6 Jun 2012 12:56

Profits rise at Falkland Islands but growth expected to slow

Falkland Islands, an international services group, offset news of a rise in both revenue and profits with warnings of a slowdown in growth. Underlying pre-tax profits for the year rose 18.7% from £2.73m to £3.24m, slightly higher than expectations of £3.0m, despite higher financing costs this tim

4 Apr 2012 08:50

Falkland Islands Holdings on a high

Shares in Falkland Islands Holdings were up on Wednesday after the firm said trading for the year was ahead of market expectations. The AIM-traded group which, amongst other things, operates a ferry service across the mouth of Portsmouth harbour, expects its total dividend payment to be at least 10

13 Jan 2012 10:04

Falkland Oil slides after discounted placing

Falkland Oil and Gas (FOGL), one of the firms hoping to discover substantial oil resources around the Falkland Islands, saw its share price sink after placing shares at a steep discount. The company has raised £48.5m through the placing of 112.8m shares at 43p per share, more than 7p below the mid-

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