(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed lower on Thursday, with the price of oil climbing as doubts grew about talks between the US and Iran, after Iran countered the US peace plan. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Thursday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Thursday, giving back some of the previous session's gains as investors weighed developments in the Middle East and rising oil prices. Read More
(Alliance News) - Bank of America Corp said Deutsche Bank AG and Partners Group Holding AG are among the European lenders "most exposed to private credit shocks," the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Aviva PLC on Wednesday said the UK Prudential Regulation Authority has applied "the maximum" discount to its penalty on Direct Line Group, which it acquired last year. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and on Friday: Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: Read More
(Alliance News) - Aviva PLC on Thursday announced a new GBP350 million share buyback as it reported annual results in line with expectations. Read More
(Alliance News) - London stocks were called slightly higher on Thursday, as a slew of listed companies release their annual reports and the Middle East conflict continues. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and on Friday: Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 ended a volatile week in subdued fashion on Friday, closing slightly lower, despite a batch of encouraging economic data as retail sales, consumer confidence and business activity all picked up. Read More
(Alliance News) - Phoenix Group Holdings PLC, Royal London and Scottish Widows are among the potential bidders for Aegon Ltd's UK insurance business, which is valued at GBP2 billion, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and on Tuesday: Read More
Next PLC - Leicester, England-based clothing and homeware retailer - Picks a new non-board sales & marketing director, while also naming a new senior independent director for the board. Matt Barnes, currently the online customer services director, is promoted to group sales & marketing director, replacing Jane Shields, who will retire as sales, marketing & HR director and leave the Next board on May 21, when Next holds its annual general meeting. Barnes joined Next in 1999. He won't join the board "at this stage", Next says. Shields started with Next as a sales assistant in 1985 before becoming sales director in 1999 and sales & marketing director in 2010. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and on Tuesday: Read More
(Alliance News) - Aviva PLC on Monday noted that the UK's Prudential Regulation Authority approved its request to revoke Direct Line's solvency II partial internal model covering UK Insurance Ltd and Churchill Insurance Co Ltd. Read More
Tesco PLC - Welwyn Garden City, England-based supermarket chain - Shares start trading on the OTCQX Best Market in New York on Monday. The stock market is owned by OTC Markets Group Inc, which operates markets trading 12,000 US and international securities. Tesco retains its primary listing in London, and the OTCQX listing gives US investors access. The trades via OTCQX will settle through the London Stock Exchange. OTC Markets notes that shares of UK blue-chips London Stock Exchange Group PLC, Aviva PLC, Compass Group PLC and Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC all trade on OTCQX. Read More
(Alliance News) - Aegon Ltd's planned strategic review of its UK business has prompted strong interest from some of Britain's biggest insurers, with a potential sale valued at up to GBP3 billion, The Times reported late Thursday. Read More