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- SCOTS FINANCE: A BRAND IN BITS? Scotland's financial services
- Ben Thomson, Chairman of Noble Group and member of the Financial Services Advisory Board FiSAB While sadness and frustration were expressed at the special meeting of the industrygovernment-union Financial Services Advisory Group FiSAB last week, it was really a meeting about how to preserve and create good-quality jobs...
- Research articles 2008-09-28
- Cost, Convenience Among Reasons British Customers Change Banks.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 6 -- Someone who often slips into the red should choose a bank with low overdraft charges. If you always remain within an agreed limit, you will be affected only by authorised overdraft fees. But if you...
- Research articles 1999-01-07
- Lloyds Short-sellers Abound
- By Douwe Miedema and Joel DimmockLONDON (Reuters UK) - Short-sellers of Lloyds LLOY are queuing up ahead of a possible rights issue, data showed on Saturday, a sign it would need to offer a heavy discount on its stock to escape further government control.Stock-lending, an often used indicator of short-selling,...
- News items 2009-10-17
- UKFI "walking Tightrope" on Bank Bonuses
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Steve SlaterLONDON (Reuters UK) - The body holding the government's stakes in bailed-out lenders Royal Bank of Scotland RBS and Lloyds LLOY said it was "walking a tightrope" in attempting to limit bonus payouts while trying to stop talented staff leaving.The resurgence of "fat-cat" banker bonuses,...
- News items 2009-11-04
- Lloyds to Cut Another 5,000 Jobs
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Bailed-out lender Lloyds Banking Group is to cut a further 5,000 jobs by the end of 2010 as it continues to overhaul its operations and integrate HBOS.Lloyds, 43 percent owned by the government, said on Tuesday it would take mitigating actions, including redeploying staff and releasing...
- News items 2009-11-10
- Lloyds to Cut Another 5,000 Jobs By End of 2010
- LONDON (Reuters) - Bailed-out British lender Lloyds Banking Group LLOY is to cut a further 5,000 jobs by the end of 2010 as it continues to overhaul its operations and integrate HBOS.Lloyds, 43 percent owned by the government, said on Tuesday it would take mitigating actions, including redeploying staff and...
- News items 2009-11-10
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- Lloyds, RBS Agree to Massive Shake-up
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Steve SlaterLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's two largest retail lenders are to get another 31 billion pounds from the government and have agreed to sell hundreds of branches and key businesses to appease EU competition concerns over state aid.The deal announced on Tuesday paves the way for...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Lloyds Looks to Raise £20 Billion
- By Myles Neligan and Douwe MiedemaLONDON (Reuters UK) - Lloyds Banking Group LLOY inched closer to plugging a capital gap of more than 20 billion pounds, boosting the bank's shares on prospects a deal could happen before the year end.The country's biggest retail bank said on Thursday it was looking...
- News items 2009-10-29
- What if... Lloyds Hadn't Snapped Up HBOS?
- If Lehman Brothers had been rescued rather than allowed to collapse in September 2008, the financial crisis would have developed much less dramatically. But the crisis is full of what-ifs. What if, for instance, Barclays had not bid for ABN Amro in March 2007? Would Royal Bank...
- Blog posts 2009-09-18
- Regulators Near Verdict on Lloyds
- By Victoria Howley and Douwe MiedemaLONDON (Reuters UK) - Lloyds Banking Group LLOY faces a crunch week over its plans to plug a 20 billion pound hole in its capital before Christmas, with a key decision resting with UK regulators.Britain's largest retail bank, 43-percent owned by the government, hopes regulators...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Britain Set to Weigh Lloyds Plans
- By Douwe MiedemaLONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain's financial watchdogs will this weekend make up their minds about Lloyds Banking Group's plans to raise private capital and escape further government control, a source close to the situation said.The banking group has yet to receive official approval for a package of measures...
- News items 2009-10-16
- Watchdogs Closer to Backing Lloyds Plan
- By Douwe Miedema and Clara Ferreira-MarquesLONDON (Reuters UK) - Financial regulators are moving closer to approving a plan by Lloyds Banking Group to escape a costly government scheme for bad debts, three sources close to the situation said on Wednesday.A decision on the plan, which includes a more than 11...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Lloyds Tests Waters on Cash Call
- By Myles Neligan and Raji MenonLONDON (Reuters UK) - Lloyds Banking Group LLOY could launch one of the world's largest cash calls as early as next week after talking to shareholders on Friday to gauge their appetite for the fundraising.The part-nationalised lender approached its shareholders on Thursday, investor sources said,...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Lloyds Discussing Sale of Wealth Assets
- By Paul HoskinsLONDON (Reuters UK) - Lloyds Banking Group is in talks to sell assets, principally its Bank of Scotland portfolio management service, to British wealth manager Rathbone Brothers , as it seeks to cut reliance on government aid.The BoS division creates and manages bespoke investment portfolios for clients with...
- News items 2009-10-15
- UK government to hold 43.4 percent of Lloyds-HBOS bank
- LONDON (Reuters) - The British state is to take a 43.4 percent stake in the combined Lloyds TSB-HBOS bank after shareholders largely shunned both lenders' rights issues, the two banks said on Monday. Existing shareholders bought just 0.5 percent of the new Lloyds shares offered in its rights issue, and...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Lloyds Lines Up Banks For Rights Issue
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Lloyds has lined up six investment banks to run a rights issue expected to be worth over 10 billion pounds as the lender seeks to cut its reliance on the government, people familiar with the matter said Monday.UBS, already corporate broker for part-nationalised Lloyds, and Bank...
- News items 2009-10-12
- Lloyds to Sell Halifax Estate Agency For £1
- By Myles Neligan and Julie CrustLONDON (Reuters UK) - Lloyds Banking Group LLOY agreed to sell its loss-making Halifax estate agency business for a token 1 pound and will shed a further 360 jobs in the process, the part-nationalised lender said on Friday.Analysts and industry insiders said the sale would...
- News items 2009-10-16
- Lloyds, L&G Seen in Real Estate Talks
- By Sinead CruiseLONDON (Reuters UK) - The real estate arm of insurer Legal & General is in talks to cherry-pick troubled assets from Lloyds Banking Group Plc in deals that could generate hundreds of millions of pounds for the lender, sources close to discussions told Reuters.Legal & General Property is...
- News items 2009-10-23
- U.K. government to own 43% of combined Lloyds TSB-HBOS
- The British government will acquire a 43.4 percent stake in the bank to be formed from the merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS after investors abstained from buying new shares issued by the two banks. Existing shareholders bought just 0.5 percent of the new Lloyds shares offered in its rights issue,...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Abbey braced for new Lloyds offer
- ABBEY NATIONAL is braced for a fresh takeover approach from Lloyds TSB today, after its rejection of an initial pounds 19.5bn approach last week. Lloyds shares soared 29p to 676p yesterday in anticipation of a new move; Abbey rose 52.5p to 1,144p. Bankers say Abbey is unlikely to be able...
- Research articles 2000-12-12
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