Ben Martin
Banking Editor at The Times
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6 days ago |
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A financial betting company that is lining up the former Xstrata boss Sir Mick Davis to join its board is planning a possible £50 million flotation on the London stock market. The move by Iforex Financial Trading Holdings is a fillip for London, which has suffered from a dearth of new listings in recent years that has raised concerns about the wider health of the City.
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6 days ago |
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Homebuyers racing to take advantage of a stamp duty discount have given a boost to the high street bank TSB. The lender, which is owned by the Spanish bank Sabadell, said on Thursday that its secured lending rose by 12 per cent year-on-year to £1.5 billion in the first quarter. This included a mortgage boom in March, when TSB helped customers to purchase more than 3,000 properties, compared with 2,200 a year earlier.
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1 week ago |
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The Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters warned last month that “no one wins in a trade war”. But some companies have more to lose than others — and the Asia-focused bank he runs is potentially one of them. This is because of the London-based lender’s extensive exposure to China, the target of the most aggressive US tariffs unveiled by President Trump in April.
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Homebuyers racing to take advantage of a stamp duty discount boost high street bank TSB + Profitability at Metro Bank buoyed by lending switch https://t.co/uXPLuoGZXn
💥A financial betting company that is lining up the former Xstrata boss Sir Mick Davis to join its board is planning a possible £50 million flotation on the London stock market https://t.co/zdVH4ltIM6
City advisers who handled Deliveroo's disastrous flotation come back for seconds with DoorDash's takeover pitched at less than half the IPO price https://t.co/eyMAvr86HQ