Bank may soften resistance to restart of UK lenders' dividend payouts
23rd Nov 2020 12:27
(Sharecast News) - UK regulators may be set to ease their resistance to dividend payments starting from early 2021.
Read moreJP Morgan most positive on dividend restarts at NatWest Group and Barclays
23rd Nov 2020 12:09
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at JP Morgan sounded a particularly positive note on the outlook for Barclays and NatWest Group after Bloomberg reported at the weekend that the Prudential Regulatory Authority would consider easing their resistance to dividend payouts from UK lenders on a case-by-case basis.
Read moreTrump to end administration by clamping down on China - reports
16th Nov 2020 13:50
(Sharecast News) - Outgoing US president Donald Trump will end his administration with a series of hard-line policies against Beijing, it was reported on Monday.
Read more15 Asia-Pacific countries sign biggest regional trade deal ever
16th Nov 2020 11:57
(Sharecast News) - Over a dozen Asia Pacific nations inked the largest regional free trade agreement ever at the weekend, spanning a third of the world's population and gross domestic product.
Read moreSector movers: Investors seek out value in 'bombed out' Aerospace, Bank shares
3rd Nov 2020 11:30
(Sharecast News) - Aerospace and Defence names extended their gains from the preceding session on the back of analysts' upgrades, some of whom had pointed out that the historic valuation discount versus the broader market, defined as the Stoxx Europe 600, that they had reached in October.
Read moreThursday broker round-up
29th Oct 2020 13:18
(Sharecast News) - Morrison: Barclays upgrades to equal weight and keeps target price at 180p.
Read moreBrexit deal may be ready by early November - Bloomberg
28th Oct 2020 14:34
(Sharecast News) - A Brexit deal could be ready by early November after progress made by negotiators in unblocking disagreements on maintaining a s0-called 'level playing field' between the UK and the European Union.
Read moreHSBC reports smaller-than-expected fall in Q3 profits
27th Oct 2020 07:02
(Sharecast News) - HSBC Holdings said it planned to move to a fee-based businesses model and consider paying a "conservative" dividend as it unveiled a less-than-expected 36% fall in third quarter profits.
Read moreCiti sees contrarian 'opportunity' in UK banks
12th Oct 2020 12:40
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Citi reiterated their 'buy' stance on several of the UK's largest lenders, citing the likely resumption of dividend payments from February 2021 onwards among some of the positives for the group.
Read moreHSBC targets net zero emissions by 2050 with $1trn in financing
9th Oct 2020 08:16
(Sharecast News) - HSBC is set to target net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest and is expected to provide between $750bn and $1trn in financing to help clients make the change.
Read moreTwo bidders offer one euro for HSBC France
28th Sep 2020 16:32
(Sharecast News) - HSBC may be left with no option but to sell its French operations at a hefty loss.
Read moreBank Rate has likely bottomed, BoE's Ramsden says
28th Sep 2020 13:28
(Sharecast News) - A top Bank of England official said he believed that 0.1% was likely to prove the floor for the price of money in the UK.
Read moreHSBC surges as largest shareholder Ping An lifts stake
28th Sep 2020 08:23
(Sharecast News) - HSBC surged on Monday after its biggest shareholder, China's Ping An Asset Management, lifted its stake in the bank.
Read moreBoE's Bailey says MPC did not signal rates were set to go negative
22nd Sep 2020 12:14
(Sharecast News) - Rate-setters in the Bank of England are not near cutting interest rates into negative territory nor signalling such a move.
Read moreFCA says regulators face 'painful lessons' from upcoming autumn reviews
22nd Sep 2020 08:11
(Sharecast News) - UK regulators face "painful lessons" from upcoming reviews that will question how customers are and should be protected, the Financial Conduct Authority CEO said on Monday.
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