LONDON (Alliance News) - Provident Financial PLC Tuesday said Chief Executive Peter Crook, Finance Director Andrew Fisher, and Managing Director of Provident subsidiary, Vanquis Bank, Michael Lenora, acquired 7 Partnership Shares and 1 Matching Share each, at a price of 1850.4938 pence per share Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Deutsche Banks Cuts G4S To Sell

15th Apr 2014 09:06

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- BARCLAYS CUTS SAINSBURY PRICE TARGET TO 365 (410) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT' ---------- JEFFERIES CUTS TESCO PRICE TARGET Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Provident Financial's Chief Executive Adds To Holding

9th Apr 2014 16:52

LONDON (Alliance News) - Provident Financial PLC Wednesday said Chief Executive Peter Crook's stake in the company has increased. Crook now owns 173,609 unrestricted shares, a 0.123% stake. He also owns 383,850 restricted shares, a 0.273% stake. Kleinwort Benson (Jersey) Trustee Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Provident Financial Directors Acquire Shares

17th Mar 2014 12:54

LONDON (Alliance News) - Provident Financial PLC Monday said Chief Executive Peter Crook, Finance Director Andrew Fisher and Managing Director Michael Lenora all acquired six partnership shares at 1910.3638 pence each and two matching shares Friday. The shareholdings are now as foll Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Provident Financial CEO Sells GBP4.5 Million In Shares

6th Mar 2014 16:41

LONDON (Alliance News) - Provident Financial PLC said Thursday that Chief Executive Officer Peter Crook sold a total of 241,210 shares on Wednesday, at the prices of 1,876.39 pence and 1,867.18 pence per share, worth about GBP4.5 million. Shares in the financial company closed 0.6% lower Th Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Oriel Cuts Tesco To Hold, Others Cut Price Targets

26th Feb 2014 10:12

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- MORGAN STANLEY CUTS UNITED UTILITIES TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' ('OVERWEIGHT') ---------- UBS STARTS RANDGOLD RESOURCES WIT Read More

UPDATE: Provident Financial 2013 Profit Falls But Vanquis Bank Doing Well

25th Feb 2014 16:33

LONDON (Alliance News) - Subprime lender Provident Financial Tuesday said its pretax profit fell 6.0% in 2013, hit by restructuring charges and after last year's result was lifted by pension scheme gains, but profits excluding the charges rose on a 10% increase in its revenues that was driven by Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: FTSE 100 Threatens To Snap Winning Streak

25th Feb 2014 14:21

LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 is Tuesday threatening to snap the seven-day winning streak that took it to its highest close since 1999 Monday, hit by renewed concerns over growth in China. The index, like European peers, is down as investors take profits out of the recent ra Read More

Provident Financial 2013 Profit Falls But Vanquis Bank Outperforms

25th Feb 2014 10:54

LONDON (Alliance News) - Subprime lender Provident Financial PLC Tuesday said its annual pretax profits fell by 6.0% even as revenues grew, driven by strong trading at its Vanquis Bank. In a statement, Provident Financial said it made a GBP182.4 million pretax profit for calendar 2013, comp Read More

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

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