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 moreBerenberg says StanChart set to resume 'attractive' capital returns, stays at 'buy'
17th Nov 2020 10:10
(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg reiterated their 'buy' recommendation for shares of Standard Chartered, telling clients the lender was now on a path for steady growth from 2022 onwards and to restart returning capital as soon as the following year.
Read moreMonday broker round-up
16th Nov 2020 14:07
(Sharecast News) - Informa: Berenberg downgrades hold with a target price of 610p.
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 moreStandard Chartered beats estimates, mulls return to dividends
29th Oct 2020 07:48
(Sharecast News) - Standard Chartered posted a smaller-than-expected fall in third quarter profit and lowered bad loan guidance as it considered a return to dividends at the full year stage.
Read moreJP Morgan sees increasing chances of capital returns from UK banks in 2021
26th Oct 2020 12:31
(Sharecast News) - "We believe it's hard to overstate the importance of [a successful Brexit deal] (despite lower economic impact) for UK bank share prices as well as potential capital return," analysts at JP Morgan said.
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 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 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.
Read moreSector movers: Oil equipment and lenders' shares weaken on concern around second Covid-19 wave
21st Sep 2020 20:22
(Sharecast News) - Cyclicals were all lower at the end of the week as investors recoiled at the prospect that Covid-19 lockdown measures across the Continent might be tightened amid the renewed increases in the number of novel coronavirus infections.
Read moreHSBC hits 25-year low as allegations add to pressures
21st Sep 2020 09:01
(Sharecast News) - HSBC shares fell to a 25-year low as Britain's banks were affected by allegations of moving illicit money as well as renewed pressure from the resurgence of Covid-19.
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