Budget: Bank surcharge to be tweaked and coronavirus loan support extended according to latest reports
Budget speculation is now in full swing and here are some of the suggestions/guesses for what it might include
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Barclays (ADR)
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Barclays is a global financial services provider engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management. It operates through branches, offices and subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and overseas.
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Barclays in focus on Thursday as UK banks reporting season gets underway
Barclays, Unilever and AJ Bell are among the notable names in the diary for Thursday.
UK government to cut bank surcharge to keep City competitive – report
The surcharge will be slashed from 8% to 3%, the Financial Times reported
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Tesla, Barclays and Netflix set to be key releases on corporate calendar in coming week
Miners BHP, Anglo American and Antofagasta, consumer goods giant Unilever and hotelier IHG are also on the big-cap schedule
Activist investors find more success in the UK than US or Europe
Activist funds that pushed a company to make a strategic or operational change saw an average outperformance, while a focus on governance demands saw an average underperformance, research by Alvarez & Marsal found
Barclays upgraded on back of strong investment bank tailwind
Data on the lender's deals is pointing to further market share gains
Lloyds Banking Group: What's the outlook for the shares under the new CEO? This leading investment bank is upbeat
JP Morgan believes the transition between Charlie Nunn (who took up the role of CEO last month) and António Horta-Osório should be a smooth one
Barclays buys US$3.8bn Gap-branded credit card portfolio
Gap and Barclays have agreed to issue co-branded and private label credit cards in the US to Gap customers from next year
How newbie investors can sort out their ESG, according to Barclays Bank expert
Sorting out the ESG early on in the portfolio building process will pay off in the long term
Barclays has ‘greatest scope’ for rerating says Jefferies
A Jefferies ‘buy’ recommendation comes with a 300p price target
Barclays resumes dividends as lower bad debts lift half-year profits to £5bn
Jes Staley, chief executive, said it was a strong first half with record investment banking fees
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FTSE 100 ends in the red as traders mull Fed chair's familiar message
The UK premier share index closed down around 33 points, or 0.47%, at 7,091, below the session peak of 7,124 and above the low of 7,073
Former Barclays boss plans US listing for crypto firm Circle
The company, which is behind the stablecoin USD Coin, will go public via a merger with Bob Diamond's NYSE-listed Concord Acquisition Corp that will value it at around US$4.5bn
Binance payments blocked by Barclays
The banking giant said customers will no longer be able to make credit or debit card payments to the crypto exchange following its ban by the FCA last week
Barclays’ revenue recovery not reflected in consensus, says Credit Suisse
Analysts said they expected the FTSE 100 bank's half-year results later this month to show “improving asset quality as six months’ worth of economic upgrades are reflected in provisioning needs”
Lloyds Banking and Barclays tipped to cash in on mortgage boom
A possibility of an interest rate rise at the end of 2022 adds to the appeal
Barclays named again as backer of polluting projects in damning report on single-use plastic waste
Single-use plastics account for over a third of plastics produced every year, with 98% manufactured from fossil fuels
Barclays free of troublesome shareholder as Sherborne Investors dumps stake
Funds managed by Sherborne Investors have disposed of their entire 6.01% stake in Barclays having achieved nothing except perhaps a trading loss
Barclays' coal lending has risen since Paris agreement says new report
Demand for it to curb lending to the coal industry have been tabled at its AGM tomorrow
Barclays boss's UK bullishness can't lift share price
"We estimate the UK economy will grow at its fastest rate since 1948"