Natwest Share News (NWG)

TOP NEWS: NatWest confirms Thwaite as CEO as profit beats consensus

(Alliance News) - NatWest Group PLC on Friday said it intended to start a much softer share buyback programme as it reported profit growth for 2023 and a mild outlook for 2024.

LONDON BRIEFING: NatWest beats on profit and confirms Thwaite as CEO

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher on Friday, after a morale-boosting UK retail sales reading, while NatWest kicked off London's banking earnings season with a profit beat.

NatWest profits soar 20% as Thwaites confirmed in CEO post

(Sharecast News) - Scandal-hit NatWest Bank reported a better-than-expected 20% rise in pre-tax profit and confirmed Paul Thwaite as chief executive on a permanent basis.

LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: FTSE called higher before NatWest reports

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 set to open higher on Friday, as a data-heavy week in the UK culminates with a retail sales reading for January, while NatWest becomes the first of the major London-listed banks to report annual earnings.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 underperforms as European peers rise

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 underwhelmed on Monday, with some of its largest constituents pulling it lower, while indices in Europe were on the up on favourable comments on interest rate cuts by a European Central Bank official.

Qinetiq adds outgoing NAB and former RBS CEO Ross McEwan to board

(Alliance News) - Qinetiq Group PLC on Monday said the outgoing chief executive officer of National Australia Bank Ltd and former CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland will join its board.

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 falls at end of tepid week

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed lower on Friday, with the FTSE 100's losing streak extending to three days, as sentiment in Europe remains tetchy despite a largely stellar start to the day in New York.

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NatWest hires UBS banker as new Coutts head

(Sharecast News) - NatWest Group has named Emma Crystal as the new head of Coutts, the lender confirmed on Thursday.

NatWest share sale could be in June at "very earliest" - UK government

(Alliance News) - The sale of shares in NatWest Group PLC to everyday investors could happen as soon as June, a UK government-owned company has said.

NatWest on the hunt for permanent CEO - report

(Sharecast News) - UK banking group NatWest has reportedly hired the services of a headhunter to find a permanent replacement for former chief executive Dame Alison Rose, who left the company abruptly last year as part of the Nigel Farage debanking scandal.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: BoA cuts Barratt, Persimmon; ups Taylor Wimpey

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:

PRESS: UK government seeks City bids to work on NatWest retail offer

(Alliance News) - City firms have been asked by the UK government to submit proposals for a potential retail offering of NatWest Group PLC's shares, Bloomberg reported late Sunday.

Sunday newspaper round-up: NatWest, China, Vodafone

(Sharecast News) - The Chancellor is laying the groundwork for the sale of billons of pounds worth of shares in NatWest as soon as June. A contract to a market research company has been awarded to study the public's views, alongside a tender to public relations firms and advertising companies who would work on the marketing campaign. Nevertheless, sources inside the Treasury have played down recent speculation in the City that Jeremy Hunt might announce the decision in his 6 March budget. The sale was expected to be priced at a discount. - The Sunday Times

BoE says 'ring fencing' capital rules for retail banks need no big overhaul

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Thursday that its rules requiring banks to "ring fence" their retail arms with bespoke buffers of capital have worked satisfactorily with no major overhaul needed.