International Personal Finance Plans 5Y EUR200M High Yield Bond
27th Jul 2010 10:06
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Lender International Personal Finance PLC (IPF.LN) is planning a five-year, EUR200 million high-yield bond to repay the company's existing bank debt, one of the banks working on the deal said Tuesday. Citi and HSBC Holdings PLC are joint bookrunners on the unsecured notes.
Read moreLondon close: Footsie back above 5,300
22nd Jul 2010 16:39
London rose again to climb above 5,300 and close at its highest for over two months. A strong start on Wall Street got the afternoon session off to a good start, with buyers staying interested right to the end of the trading day. Rolls-Royce was best performer, on the back of the orders placed at t
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Intandem Films Eyes Distribution Market
22nd Jul 2010 16:00
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps INTANDEM FILMS PLC (IFM.LN), a film production company, Thursday said it is eyeing a move in to the distribution market and could make its first inroads
Read moreLondon afternoon: Advance stalls
22nd Jul 2010 14:28
Shares moved sideways over the lunch-time session with investors keeping their powder dry ahead of day two of US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in the US Senate. Yesterday the Fed chairman's downbeat comments stopped a Wall Street rise in its tracks. Outsourcing giant Capita is s
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Intl Personal Finance Eyes Bond Issue
22nd Jul 2010 12:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps INTERNATIONAL PERSONAL FINANCE PLC (IPF.LN), a door-to-door lender, hopes to raise between EUR200 million and EUR300 million on the public bond market in
Read moreLondon midday: Morning ends on a high
22nd Jul 2010 12:11
Better than expected UK retail sales gave equities a mid-morning boost and the FTSE 100 index finished the morning session close to its highest point of the day so far. Britons building up supplies for last month's World Cup, the good weather and further discounting had retail sales up smartly in J
Read moreUPDATE:Intl Personal Finance Cautious Despite 1H Profit Rise
22nd Jul 2010 09:45
(Adds executive comments and share price.) By Rachael Gormley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. lender International Personal Finance PLC (IPF.LN) Thursday said it would carefully manage its credit controls and growth plans despite a significant on-year rise in first-half p
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP:Uniq Mulls Capital Increase To Fix Pension
22nd Jul 2010 09:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps UNIQ PLC (UNIQ.LN), a maker of chilled convenience food and sandwiches, Thursday said it will consider raising capital if it can't reach a deal to plug a
Read moreLondon open: Footsie follows US stocks lower
22nd Jul 2010 08:24
London's top stocks opened slightly lower on Thursday following falls on Wall Street overnight. US stocks fell back after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to US congress. The Fed chief warned the economic outlook remains "unusually uncertain," but he gave few clues on what measures
Read moreINTERVIEW: International Personal Finance Eyes Bond Issue
22nd Jul 2010 07:56
By Rachael Gormley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. lender International Personal Finance PLC (IPF.LN) hopes to raise between EUR200 million and EUR300 million on the public bond market in the second half, Finance Director David Broadbent said Thursday, after wider market cond
Read moreIPF H1 profit trebles
22nd Jul 2010 07:47
Emerging markets lender International Personal Finance posted a three fold increase in first half profit and is confident it will deliver further growth in the second half. Pre-tax profit rose to £30.5m for the six months ended 30 June 2010 from £9.1m the year before. Stricter lending criteria and
Read moreInternational Personal Finance Ups Dividend As 1H Pretax Soars
22nd Jul 2010 07:21
LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. lender International Personal Finance PLC (IPF.LN) Thursday increased its interim dividend 10% after first-half pretax profit surged to GBP36.9 million on growing customer numbers and profitability in all of its markets. IPF said the first half has seen improving economi
Read moreMARKET TALK: JPMorgan Cuts Intl Personal Finance To Underweight
7th Jul 2010 07:12
0612 GMT [Dow Jones] JPMorgan Cazenove downgrades International Personal Finance (IPF.LN) to underweight from neutral, citing currency headwinds. Believes the combination of weak operating currencies and higher funding costs will reduce consensus estimates, and investor sentiment will continue to be
Read moreUK MARKET TALK ROUNDUP: BROKERS COMMENTS
7th Jul 2010 07:12
Broker comments in the UK today. Compiled by Dow Jones Newswires Markets Desk, [email protected] Contact us in London. +44-20-7842-9464 [email protected] 0612 GMT [Dow Jones] JPMorgan Cazenove downgrades International Personal Finance (IPF.LN) to underweight from neutral, citing
Read moreUK MARKET TALK ROUNDUP: BROKERS COMMENTS
5th Jul 2010 07:38
Broker comments in the UK today. Compiled by Dow Jones Newswires Markets Desk, [email protected] Contact us in London. +44-20-7842-9464 [email protected] 0638 GMT [Dow Jones] Credit Suisse upgrades International Personal Finance (IPF.LN) to outperform from neutral, given around
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