LONDON (Alliance News) - Standard Chartered PLC Wednesday said Non-Executive Director Simon Lowth acquired 40 shares at a price of GBP12.98 per share. Following this transaction, Lowth now holds 10,478 shares. The bank's shares closed at 1,281.37 pence, down 1.8% Wednesday. By A Read More

Bank Of England Details Stress Test For UK Banks

29th Apr 2014 15:28

LONDON (Alliance News) - The Bank of England Tuesday said it will test whether some of the UK's biggest banks and building societies are able to withstand scenarios including a house price collapse or a sharp rise in interest rates, as it detailed its future so-called stress tests. Institut Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Aviva Sells Stake In South Korean Venture

14th Apr 2014 11:40

LONDON (Alliance News) - Aviva has Monday agreed to sell its 47% stake in its South Korean joint venture Woori Aviva Life Insurance to NongHyup Financial Group, as it continues to contract in the region and focus on markets where it can make the best returns on capital. Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Defence Stocks Jump As Ukraine Tensions Rise

14th Apr 2014 10:17

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Reckitt Benckiser, up 2.3%. Shares in the firm have been on a down trend over the past two weeks, but ahead of Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Glencore Sells Interest In Peru Copper Project

14th Apr 2014 07:15

LONDON (Alliance News) - Glencore Xstrata said Monday it has agreed to sell its interest in the Las Bambas copper project in Peru to a Chinese consortium including MMG, Guoxin International Investment Corp and CITIC Metal Co for USD5.85 billion in cash. The deal is part of an agreement to w Read More

MARKET COMMENT: UK Stocks Seen Lower On US Sell-Off, Ukraine

14th Apr 2014 06:39

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open firmly lower Monday, following another sharp sell-off on Wall Street on Friday and a weak Asian session overnight, and as increasing tensions in Ukraine are also likely to hurt investor sentiment. Wall Street continued its recent down trend Read More

PRESS: Orix To Consider Bidding For Standard Chartered's Consumer Credit Unit - Bloomberg

14th Apr 2014 05:33

LONDON (Alliance News) - Orix Corp., Japan-based Financial services group, is considering bidding for Asia-focused lender Standard Chartered PLC.'s consumer credit unit in Hong Kong, Bloomberg reported citing two people familiar matter. Orix may seek to team up with another investor to acqu Read More

KPMG Report Finds Banks Are Safer But Still Need More Capital

7th Apr 2014 11:56

LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's top five banks have become safer over the last five years, but still have work to do to make their balance sheets more resilient, according to a new KPMG report. According to the report, UK banks' total assets reduced by 25% to GBP5.2 trillion in the five y Read More

REPEAT: Tullow Oil Raises Revolving Credit Facility To USD750 Million

7th Apr 2014 09:51

LONDON (Alliance News) - Tullow Oil PLC Monday said it has refinanced its revolving credit facility, increasing it by 50% to USD750.0 million. In a statement, Tullow said the refinanced facility has been extended to April 2017. The arrangement is a fully committed, secured and revolvi Read More

Tullow Oil Increases Revolving Credit Facility To USD750 Million

7th Apr 2014 07:07

UK BROKER RATINGS: Liberum Cuts SSE To Hold From Buy

27th Mar 2014 10:11

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- UBS RAISES KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO 440 (420) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL' ---------- HSBC RAISES KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Babcock Leads FTSE 100 Lower On Rights Issue

27th Mar 2014 08:35

LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened lower Thursday following a weak close in NY on Wednesday. Babcock International is leading the FTSE 100 lower after announcing a GBP1.10 billion rights issue to fund the GBP920 million acquisition of helicopter firm Avinci Read More

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