Wednesday broker round-up
25th Jul 2018 13:57
(Sharecast News) - Unite Group: Numis downgrades to hold with a target price of 900p.
Read moreInternational Personal Finance to appeal Poland tax authority decision
6th Jan 2017 07:53
(ShareCast News) - International Personal Finance's Polish home credit company, Provident Polska, is to appeal the decision by the Polish Tax Chamber regarding a transfer pricing challenge related to an intra-group arrangement with a UK entity in 2008 and the timing of taxation of home collection fe
Read moreInternational Personal Finance reports good Q3 credit growth
20th Oct 2016 08:31
(ShareCast News) - International Personal Finance posted a trading update for the third quarter on Thursday, with 9% growth in credit issued for the three months to 30 September. The FTSE 250 firm said that was driven by a return to growth in Mexico, a continued good performance in Southern Europe a
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Exporters exce but OneSavings tops the list
4th Oct 2016 16:04
(ShareCast News) - Boosted by another plunge in the pound that is expected to prop up exporters, the FTSE 250 was 1.66% higher late on Tuesday. Exporting companies that were high in the leaderboard included European-focused lender International Personal Finance, equipment rental group Aggreko, which
Read moreInternational Personal Finance CFO Gardner resigns
21st Sep 2016 15:10
(ShareCast News) - International Personal Finance said on Wednesday that is chief financial officer, Adrian Gardner, has resigned "to pursue an alternative business opportunity". The company said a recruitment process has begun to appoint a new CFO. Head of finance Justin Lockwood will become CFO in
Read moreDirectors dealings: LondonMetric directors sell as quarterly dividend declared
24th Aug 2016 17:55
(ShareCast News) - LondonMetric Property directors sold more than £1.5m-worth of shares in the company, which on Wednesday declared a first quarterly interim dividend of 1.8p a share. The ex-dividend date was 1 September, with the record date being 2 September and the dividend payment date diaried f
Read moreInternational Personal Finance slumps as Mexico problems hit profits
28th Jul 2016 12:28
(ShareCast News) - Profits slumped by more than a quarter at International Personal Finance in the first half as the company continued to endure ongoing problems in Mexico and invested further in its digital capabilities. Although customer numbers grew 1.1% to 2.6m in the six months to end-June and
Read moreInternational Personal Finance slides as Mexico growth falters
4th May 2016 10:11
(ShareCast News) - Growth in customer numbers and lending slowed at International Personal Finance in the first quarter due to a slower performance in the key growth market of Mexico. Although there were strong performances from the home credit operations in Southern Europe and the IPF Digital busin
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Kaz and Vesuvius lead midcaps lower
7th Apr 2016 14:21
(ShareCast News) - By mid-afternoon on Thursday, the FTSE 250 was down 0.41%, amplifying the falls of its blue chip brother as weakening oil and copper prices undermined earlier index gains. The biggest faller in the mid cap index was Kaz Minerals as it was downgraded among a wider JP Morgan Cazenov
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: IPF plunges after profit dips
24th Feb 2016 15:36
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 had undone the week's gains on Wednesday, dropping 140.42 points (0.87%) to 16,088.78 by mid-afternoon. Shares in International Personal Finance plunged after the company's full year revenue and profit before tax dipped. The credit business reported revenue dropped f
Read moreInternational Personal Finance profit dips as regulatory matters hit company
24th Feb 2016 07:40
(ShareCast News) - Despite an increase in customers and the amount of credit issued, International Personal Finance's revenue and profit before tax has dipped. The FTSE 250 credit business reported revenue dropped from £783.2m to £735.4m for the calendar year, however it rose 4.1% on a constant curr
Read moreInternational Personal Finance considering alternative model for Slovak business
22nd Dec 2015 10:03
(ShareCast News) - International Personal Finance said on Tuesday that it is evaluating alternative business models for the Slovakian market, after new consumer legislation was passed that may damage its Slovak business. IPF said the proposed draft amendments to consumer legislation were vetoed by t
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Hastings jumps into risers after market promotion
21st Dec 2015 14:46
(ShareCast News) - With only three and a half days of trading this week, investors were optimistic and grabbing a few pre-Christmas bargains with the FTSE 250 up 85.45 points (0.50%) to 17,191.32 by mid-afternoon Monday. It was also the first day Morrisons was traded on the second tier market, after
Read moreInternational Personal Finance chief helps shares recover after Slovakia news
14th Dec 2015 15:45
(ShareCast News) - International Personal Finance's chief executive is doing his bit to help the company's shares price recover. Shares tanked on Friday after the company said it could be hurt by new legislation in Slovakia. On Wednesday, the Slovak parliament voted to adopt previously undiscussed
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Oil prices weigh on market
11th Dec 2015 15:25
(ShareCast News) - With only two weeks to Christmas, the FTSE 250 wasn't feeling very festive on Friday after it fell 159.12 point (0.93%) to 16,921.13 by mid-afternoon. Oil stocks weighed on the second-tier market as oil prices hit new lows on Friday. Brent hit a seven-year low at $38.84, while Wes
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