(ShareCast News) - Shares in Virgin Money have bounced back sharply following their post-Brexit drop but the gyrations in the stock show that investors are wont to rush for the exit at the first sign of economic troubles, The Times´s Tempus cautioned. The lender is taking market share in the credit
Read more(ShareCast News) - Lancashire: JP Morgan keeps at neutral with a target price of 595p. Rolls Royce: UBS stays at neutral, 800p target. Rio Tinto: Barclays reiterates overweight with a 3200p target. Derwent London: Goldnman Sachs reiterates buy with a 3035p target. TUI AG: UBS reiterates buy with
Read more(ShareCast News) - Virgin Money reported a rise in gross mortgage lending for the nine months to the end of September as it expressed confidence that the Brexit vote would not affect its full-year performance. Mortgage lending was up 19% to £6.5bn, giving the challenger bank a 3.6% share of the over
Read more(ShareCast News) - Mortgage approvals from high street banks rebounded slightly in September, according to data from high street banks, after hitting a 19-month low in August. The British Bankers' Association (BBA) revealed mortgage approval numbers in September of 38,252, which was up from 37,241 i
Read more(ShareCast News) - OneSavings Bank received an upgrade but Aldermore and Shawbrook were downgraded by Credit Suisse as it warned the risks facing the UK's challenger banks were "becoming harder to ignore" heading into 2017. Following solid share price recoveries in recent months, the risk-reward for
Read more(ShareCast News) - Virgin Money: Berenberg reiterates hold with a target price of 300p. Alumasc Group: Peel Hunt maintains buy with a 210p target. Morrisons: Goldman Sachs downgrades to sell with a 175p target. Diageo: HSBC reiterates hold with a 2350p target. Lavendon: Berenberg keeps at buy wit
Read more(ShareCast News) - Santander UK had made a formal offer to buy the Williams & Glyn (W&G) branches from Royal Bank of Scotland ending the bank's seven year struggle to separate from it, multiple reports claimed. The Spanish-owned lender and fifth-largest bank in Britain, was understood to have offere
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