International Personal Finance tanks on Slovakian legislation news
11th Dec 2015 08:48
(ShareCast News) - Shares in International Personal Finance 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 proposals to amend various pieces of consumer legislation, including changes
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Playtech surges on update; Millennium slumps as results disappoint
29th Oct 2015 14:03
(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 250 index was down 0.3% to 17,098.97 at 1505 GMT as investors digested a hawkish policy statement from the Federal Reserve and mixed US data releases. Playtech was a high riser after the gambling and software services supplier reported strong trading in both of its d
Read moreIntl. Personal Finance on track for full-year results
27th Oct 2015 07:50
(ShareCast News) - International Personal Finance delivered a satisfactory trading performance, the company said, and was on track to deliver a result for the full-year which would be broadly in line with consensus. Credit issued jumped 8% year-on-year, with customer numbers up by 2%. Credit qualit
Read moreInternational Personal Finance director to step down
25th Sep 2015 10:14
(ShareCast News) - Home credit group International Personal Finance (IPF) has announced Nicholas Page will retire from the board of directors in December. Page, who has served as director at the FTSE 250 group for over eight years, has also stepped down as chairman of the audit and risk committee, a
Read moreInternational Personal Finance posts increase in interim profit
29th Jul 2015 11:42
(ShareCast News) - Home credit business provider International Personal Finance reported an increase in first half profit before tax despite strong currency headwinds. The FTSE 250 group, which focuses on a number of countries including Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland, reported a 57% in
Read moreInternational Personal Finance signs former Microsoft exec to board
22nd Jul 2015 16:24
(ShareCast News) - Home credit business International Personal Finance appointed John Mangelaars to its board, effective immediately. Mangelaars was the chief executive of online travel agency Travix International. He had worked for Microsoft for over 20 years, specialising in more recent years in
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Hiscox and Alent hit by downgrades, miners lower
14th Jul 2015 14:30
(ShareCast News) - Mid-caps were in the red on Tuesday as a raft of negative broker comment weighed on stocks and industrial metals stocks plunged. As of 14:45 BST, the FTSE 250 was trading 0.8% lower at 17,573. Insurer Hiscox was in the red as analysts at Credit Suisse downgraded the stock to 'und
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Alent and Just Eat soar, IPF plummets on Poland
13th Jul 2015 15:24
(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 250 index charged ever higher during Monday's session, boosted by the Euro Summit agreement made with Greece. By just after 16:00 the UK's second line equity index was up 1.24% at 17,702.4 points. Shooting up on a natural high, chemicals group Alent whizzed more than
Read moreInternational Personal Finance Polish profits in danger after loan cap vote
13th Jul 2015 10:54
(ShareCast News) - International Personal Finance has been hit by a surprise vote in the Polish parliament to cap all non-interest costs on consumer loans, which analysts said could have a "significant detrimental impact" on its profitability in the country. The FTSE 250 home-credit group said it wa
Read moreInternational Personal Finance appoints new non-executive director
24th Jun 2015 08:00
International home credit business International Personal Finance has appointed Jayne Almond to its board as an independent non-executive director. In a short statement released on Wednesday, the FTSE 250 group said that Almond, who set up equity release firm Stonehaven in 2006 and was executive cha
Read moreMexico strength drives underlying profit growth at Int'l Personal Finance
30th Apr 2015 14:52
International Personal Finance (IPF), the FTSE 250 home-credit business, said it was making a "progressive improvement" across most markets during the first quarter as underlying profits jumped by nearly a fifth, helped in particular by strong growth in Mexico. Despite a slowdown in a number of Euro
Read moreLondon close: Late rally pushes FTSE higher after choppy session
21st Apr 2015 16:25
UK stocks ended a choppy session in the green as an afternoon rally saw the FTSE 100 erase losses and push back towards its record high. "A good set of European earnings results sent stocks in Europe back towards all-time highs on Tuesday, sustained by ECB bond-buying and the lingering effects of th
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: IPF surges after dodging fine, property stocks higher
21st Apr 2015 13:46
International Personal Finance (IPF) was boosted as the home-credit group escaped a fine from Poland's consumer protection authority. After an investigation into fee structures, the Polish Office of Consumer Protection and Competition agreed to waive the fine if IPF's Provident Polska implement a ne
Read moreInternational Personal Finance escapes second Polish punishment
21st Apr 2015 09:03
Shares in International Personal Finance were boosted on Tuesday morning as the home-credit group escaped a fine from Poland's consumer protection authority, though several issues still dog the company in that country. After an investigation into fee structures, the Polish Office of Consumer Protect
Read moreLondon close: FTSE 100 pulled below 7000 by declines on US markets
25th Mar 2015 16:51
London's FTSE 100 accelerated in the red by the end of Wednesday's session with declines in US markets offering direction to the downside. Late in Europe, Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 1.1% in New York and the S&P500 is off 0.9% in low volume trade with markets cutting exposure following poor
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