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London has started slowly despite the late gains on Wall Street overnight with some gloomy comments from the Bank of England unsettling the mood. The Bank warned of more bad debt provisions for the banks and also expressed serious concerns for the bond markets if yields continued to rise. Lloyds an
Read moreUK banks should prepare for more financial turbulence ahead, especially in the eurozone, by retaining more profits, the Bank of England's latest financial stability report suggests. The Bank warns that the strong links between the UK and Europe would mean a knock on effect on British banks throug
Read moreNomura highlights the attractive valuations of EU banks, but says the sector is volatile and its preference if for northern European commercial banks over those in the south. According to Peace, southern European banks are under a greater earnings risk than the northern sector due mostly to the imp
Read moreNomura highlights the attractive valuations of EU banks, but says the sector is volatile and its preference if for northern European commercial banks over those in the south. Analyst Jon Peace says the sector valuation is low after recent macro-related underperformance, and ongoing uncertainty surr
Read moreThe National Audit Office says that the UK government is unlikely to make a loss on bailing out the UK banks but it is paying £5bn a year in interest on cash used in the bail out. The final outcome depends on the cash raised from the eventual sales of the stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloy
Read moreLloyds Banking and Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's two state-controlled banks, should be split up according to the former City minister Lord Myners. "The future lies in less monolithic institutions, with more fluid entries into and out of the banking sector," the Labour peer wrote in the FT today
Read moreA weak morning session on Wall Street did London no favours Thursday, although the big banks helped the leading index to only its second close above 5,800 in over three weeks. Barclays, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland were top of the pile. HSBC also did well, but fellow Asia-focused player Stand
Read moreFootsie has been moving steadily upward as higher commodity prices boost resource stocks after a US tax cut extension improved optimism on global economic growth. US president Barack Obama has said that he will agree to a two-year extension on tax-cuts from the Bush era, while on this side of the A
Read moreLondon's blue-chips have opened firmer with resources stocks in demand and a solid update from Tesco providing some encouragement for buyers. Miners and oil stocks lead the risers with the price of crude edging up towards the $90 per barrel mark. Essar, Fresnillo and Antofagasta are the best of the
Read moreBanknote printer De La Rue, which also has a contract with the Home Office to print passports, is expected to confirm to the stock market today that it received an audacious bid from the privately owned printer Oberthur Technologies. Oberthur, a 168-year-old company that prints euro notes circulate
Read moreFootsie was posting triple-digit gains at trading's close as markets across the globe roared in approval at talk that the European Central Bank may take more measures to deal with the debt crisis. Shares here got an extra boost from news that activity in the manufacturing sector hit levels not seen
Read moreAfter a strong morning session leading shares kicked on some more over the lunch time period, as worries over the eurozone debt situation subside. Talk that the European Central Bank may take more measures to deal with the debt crisis has buoyed European markets, with banks bouncing back more than
Read moreLloyds Banking chief executive elect António Horta-Osório has recruited two senior executives from current employer Santander as he prepares for a major overhaul of the UK bank's senior management. Horta-Osório, who takes over at Lloyds from Eric Daniels next March, has appointed Juan Colombas as c
Read moreSantander in the UK has been seriously weakened after its outgoing chief executive António Horta-Osório raided its management team for two senior bankers, who will join him at Lloyds. The departures, which mean that Santander has lost three key board directors within a month, has prompted speculati
Read moreThe leading share index closed with triple-digit losses Monday as jitters over the eurozone debt situation continued to plague the markets. Financial markets are still betting either Portugal, Spain, or both, will need a rescue deal similar to the €85bn Irish bail-out, rubber-stamped over the weeke
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