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...Writing in the Belfast News Letter, a unionist newspaper, on Saturday, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party would not be “bullied or cajoled”....
...“Most of this business, which was already undergoing an extensive restructuring, is likely to be radically downsized or closed,” said Nicholas Watts, banks analyst at Redburn, the Rothschild-owned research...
...The first test will be the bank’s annual meeting next week when it will find out how many shareholders have lost faith in Mr Hill or Mr Donaldson....
...Craig Donaldson, chief executive, told the Financial Times: “Two of our asset classes saw the risk-weighted assets held against them go up, therefore return on equity went down....
...Mr Donaldson responded that “the fundamental strengths of our bid remain unaffected”, adding that it was “both affordable and deliverable”....
...Craig Donaldson, chief executive of Metro, has been discussing the deal with investors in New York this week, although some new Europe-based investors will also buy shares....
...Kirsty Stuart’s warm, sparky Eithne wears jeans and boots beneath her leather jerkin; Nicholas Karimi’s wary Lucius sports brown trousers he could have bought online today....
...Mr Donaldson was replaced this year by turnround specialist Dan Frumkin....
...Asked about the regulatory investigations on Wednesday, Metro chief executive Craig Donaldson said he did not know anything about their scope, and some experts were surprised that the two sister regulators...
...Mr Donaldson offered to resign on several occasions after the error was first disclosed, but was rebuffed by the bank’s board....
...Craig Donaldson, chief executive of Metro Bank, said: “Because we do business banking we have opportunities to manage margins across different lines so for us it’s a little easier to deal with, but if you...
...The high interest payments on the debt will weigh on the group’s income for the next few years, which Mr Donaldson said would be a factor in the group’s strategic review....
...In October, outgoing chief Craig Donaldson said it would treat any takeover bid “with the right respect”....
...Chief executive Craig Donaldson said: “We did have a challenging quarter, of that there’s no doubt,” but he insisted “the foundation is strong and we’re in good health”....
...Mr Donaldson said it had been a “challenging” start to the year, as the company also suffered from some of the industry-wide pressures that have affected its rivals....
...Including abstentions, 16 per cent of voters opposed Mr Hill, while 11 per cent failed to back chief executive Craig Donaldson....
...Mr Donaldson’s optimism has yet to convince sceptics that Metro has put the worst behind it, however....
...Mr Donaldson said the bank had “worked hard to implement the lessons learned”....
...Some investors have also called for the resignation of Mr Donaldson or other senior managers....
...Chief executive Craig Donaldson offered to resign in the wake of the news, but the bank has so far made no major personnel changes in response to the crisis....
...Mr Donaldson said last week that the issues had been “comprehensively” addressed....
...Like the cheerful branch staff downstairs, Mr Donaldson was also at Metro’s Holborn headquarters well before nearby offices opened for business on Friday morning....
...Chief executive Craig Donaldson blamed the warning on intense competition in the mortgage market, which weighed on revenue growth in the fourth quarter....
...Mr Donaldson said “there’s no doubt that our growth is strong, customers are joining, we’re winning deposits and lending.”...
...Despite the early capital raise, chief executive Craig Donaldson said he was “delighted with the momentum demonstrated by the performance in the first half of 2018”....
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