(Alliance News) - Despite an unexpected return to growth for the UK private sector in February, stock prices in London were lower at midday on Tuesday as investors awaited the minutes of January's US Federal Reserve meeting, due out on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Tuesday, as investors chewed on a full plate of blue-chip earnings, and looked ahead to PMI readings for the UK, Europe and US. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly lower on Tuesday, with a series of purchasing managers' index readings set to provide an update on economic conditions in Europe and the US. Read More
(Alliance News) - HSBC Holdings PLC on Tuesday said annual profit dipped due to expected credit charges and impairments, but said it was considering shareholder returns from the sale of its Canadian banking arm. Read More
(Alliance News) - First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC on Friday extinguished Thursday's reports that it was considering a takeover offer for Standard Chartered PLC, bursting the day-long bubble on StanChart shares and causing them to retreat, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. Read More
(Alliance News) - British banks, namely HSBC Holdings PLC and Standard Chartered PLC, are "complicit" in China's "gross human rights abuses of Hongkongers" by refusing them access to pensions after they fled to the UK, lawmakers concluded Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Beazley PLC on Wednesday said it has appointed Clive Bannister as chair designate, intending for the chair of Rathbones Group PLC to be confirmed as chair at Beazley's annual general meeting in April. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were mixed at the close on Tuesday, though London's flagship index, the FTSE 100, finished higher thanks to strong results from oil major BP. Read More
(Alliance News) - Bosses of Britain's biggest banks have insisted they remain committed to physical branches, after a string of recent closure announcements. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's benchmark index went into the afternoon solidly higher on Tuesday, outperforming continental peers, supported by share price gains for its banking and oil constituents. Read More
(Alliance News) - The chief executive officer of NatWest Group PLC has U-turned on her decision not to appear in front of MPs next week as they scrutinise the UK's biggest banks on why savings rates are so low while borrowing costs have spiked. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK's Competition & Markets Authority on Thursday said it is taking action against HSBC Holdings PLC relating to breaches of the retail banking order, which HSBC reported itself. Read More
(Alliance News) - With US financial markets closed for a public holiday on Monday and after better-than-expected data for the UK economy on Friday, stocks in London were set to start the week slightly higher. Read More
(Alliance News) - The European Court of Justice upheld the annulment of a EUR33.6 million fine imposed on HSBC Holdings PLC, despite the bank's infringement of EU competition law with cartel behaviour, according to a court statement on Thursday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed higher, buoyed by optimism from strong retail updates, and shaking off hawkishness from the US Federal Reserve. Read More
