RE: Welcome Lookers short-covering at Odey Asset Management (again)15 Oct 2019 20:30
Whilst I appreciate the sentiment that lookers are a large Group, with significant connections to the UK motor finance lenders, this total ban on finance comms has come from the left field.
All, and I say this without any doubt whatsoever, all, of the big lenders were preparing for an element of flexibility on a much reduced APR corridor. This move, whilst it’s good for consumers, does very little for a motor industry that is not only dealing with reduced customer demand, but also another cliff edge coming with the incoming FCA review into regulated add on products (due by Q2 2020).
This isn’t an anti lookers smear, or trolling lookers holders, it’s the facts. No one saw this coming, and to say it was priced into the SP is wholly inaccurate, IMO.