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...The FD noted that the Work-in-Progress was up c.£130m y/y, and would expect similar move up at the y/e position....
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...All was fine until a newly hired FD began going over the numbers this spring. Now investors — including the bedevilled Neil Woodford, a long-term Stobart fan — are in limbo....
...Here’s house broker Liberum: We nudge down our low FY 2020 FD EPS by 0.9% from 64.6p to 64.1p but maintain our net debt estimate of £15.4m....
...Broker B: Well, the share price is down 10 per cent, there is no board and no FD, and no strategy apart from “Let’s keep on doing what we used to.”...
...In addition to the 2014 LTIP options — the only ones mentioned in the accounts — CEO Paul May was granted a further 1,000,000, and FD Chris March a further 666,666, in both 2015 and 2016....
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...(FD) Disinformation drive Brussels wants to help EU governments step up the fight against fake news and electoral interference from Russia. But can the EU’s strategy really work?...
...Lord Mayor Charles Bowman oversaw the event, with speakers including PwC’s Kevin Nicholson and Chris O’Shea, head of the FTSE 100 FDs lobby group....
...Nout Wellink sat on the ECB’s board until 2012 (FD). Mutual unrecognition The EU may have once thought about including financial services in trade deals but won’t do for the Brits....
...She didn’t want to commit to a further five years in the job, as new chairman Archie Norman apparently wanted from his FD, so she’s off prematurely....
...New rules on bank mortgages are tightening credit, requiring borrowers to undergo stress tests to ensure they could cope with a big spike in interest rates, over and above the three increases in the base...
...With land prices easing, paying a merger premium for Bovis’s land bank and the dubious skills of its contractors makes little sense....
...It’s an interesting hire, since Rolls chief executive is majoring on marshalling data with forensic accuracy, which sounds more like a job for an FD from the tech sector....
...Morgan Stanley is a backer of the bank-led chat project, Symphony, crafted to woo trader talk back to a channel the banks can control....
...Simon Nicholls, Cobham’s FD since 2013, had been headhunted by Wolseley in January but last week the buyer turned shy and said he would no longer be joining the company....
...With SEC Regulation FD (for fair disclosure), any investment information made available to any investor must be simultaneously made available to all investors....
...That look is very popular among banks these days.GP: OK. But it sounds complicated. Can I come back later?SW: I can’t allow that. I wouldn’t want you to change your mind....
...Mr Tookey served as group finance director of Lloyds between 2008 and 2012 and was involved in the bank’s ill-fated acquisition of HBOS, which ultimately led to its £21bn state bailout....
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...During the currency-rigging probe, he was engaged by the Bank of England to investigate allegations central bank officials condoned practices at the heart of the affair....
...The current Barclays finance director, Tushar Morzaria, was Mr Winters’ FD at JPMorgan’s investment bank. All of which will titillate committed City observers....
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