Friday broker round-up

26th Oct 2018 12:16

(Sharecast News) - Polypipe: Numis upgrades to buy with a target price of 450p.

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Thursday broker round-up

25th Oct 2018 11:31

(Sharecast News) - Hastings: Numis upgrades to buy with a target price of 295p.

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Lloyds Banking third quarter results beat forecasts

25th Oct 2018 07:17

(Sharecast News) - Lloyds Banking Group reported flat underlying profits for the third quarter and revealed that chief financial officer George Culmer will retire next year.

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Lloyds and Schroders to launch wealth management JV

23rd Oct 2018 14:42

(Sharecast News) - Lloyds Banking Group and Schroders have announced plans to launch a financial planning business aimed at affluent customers.

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City must ready itself for climate change, says Bank of England and FCA

15th Oct 2018 10:12

(Sharecast News) - The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority have called on the City to better manage the financial risks of climate change.

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Schroders winning race for Lloyds' Scottish Widows mandate - report

3rd Oct 2018 09:22

(Sharecast News) - Schroders is poised to win a £109bn mandate from Lloyds Banking Group to manage its Scottish Widows investment assets, according to a newspaper report.

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Goldman upgrades RBS on valuation, better capital return prospects

12th Sep 2018 10:29

(Sharecast News) - Goldman Sachs upgraded Royal Bank of Scotland to 'buy' from 'neutral' and lifted the price target by 5% to 345p on Wednesday, citing an attractive valuation and better capital return prospects over the medium term.

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Brexit tail-risks for UK banks are rising, JP Morgan says

5th Sep 2018 15:17

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at JP Morgan sounded an upbeat note on shares of UK lenders on Wednesday, even as they warned that Brexit 'tail-risks' were rising.

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Berenberg ups Lloyds to 'hold' on valuation

4th Sep 2018 14:03

(Sharecast News) - Berenberg upgraded Lloyds Banking Group to 'hold' from 'sell' on Tuesday on valuation grounds, keeping the price target at 60p.

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Melrose in talks to transfer one of GKN's pension schemes

31st Aug 2018 18:46

(Sharecast News) - Turnaround specialist Melrose is studying offloading the smaller of engineer GKN's two retirement schemes, with liabilities of close to £500.0m, to an insurer.

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Lloyds completes £1bn share repurchase programme

28th Aug 2018 08:05

(Sharecast News) - Lloyds Banking Group announced on Tuesday that, following the purchase of ordinary shares on 24 August, its share buyback programme as announced on 8 March was completed in accordance with the terms.

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HSBC trims Lloyds target price and upgrades RBS, but prefers Barclays

17th Aug 2018 14:41

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at HSBC sounded a more positive note on RBS and Barclays on Friday, but not Lloyds, following the 15-20% decline in their share prices over the past three months, on the back of concerns around geopolitics (and Brexit).

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Sector movers: Financials pace gains

8th Aug 2018 17:04

(Sharecast News) - Financials lent their weight to Wednesday's stockmarket advance, with Prudential at the head of the pack on the back of its latest half-year numbers.

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FTSE 100 movers: Paper, scissors, rock...Smurfit at the top

1st Aug 2018 16:17

(Sharecast News) - Papers, scissors, rocks.. Smurfit at the top.

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Lloyds first-half profit rises as PPI bill falls

1st Aug 2018 07:47

(Sharecast News) - Lloyds Banking Group's first half profit jumped 23% as the bank's bill for payment protection insurance and other compensation costs almost halved.

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