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Thames Water
Thames Water pushes up spending plan to almost £20bn
...Regulator Ofwat is still considering that plan, and is set to publish a draft ruling on June 12 and a final assessment by the end of the year....
April 22, 2024
News updates from April 4: British billionaire avoids prison for insider trading; Italy seizes assets in EU fund fraud case
London Underground strikes called off
...Brennan said a trains modernisation project had been scrapped, a training programme reinstated, and new security staff promised for night services. https://twitter.com/ASLEFunion/status/1775873984023699772...
April 4, 2024
FT Live
Due Diligence Live
Where leaders in investment and finance meet
Tuesday, 8 OctoberLondon, UK
News updates from April 4: British billionaire avoids prison for insider trading; Italy seizes assets in EU fund fraud case
Risers and fallers in Europe
...Volvo Cars: The Sweden-based carmaker rose 4 per cent after it announced that it had sold almost 79,000 cars in March, an all-time high for sales in a single month and a 25 per cent improvement on the same...
April 4, 2024
Budget 2024: As it happened
Tax reforms unveiled
...A cut to the higher rate of property capital gains tax. Extension of sunset clauses on energy profit levy....
March 6, 2024
News updates from April 15: US retail sales rise more than expected; Yen falls below ¥154 per dollar
US retail sales rise more than expected
...The figure for February was revised up from a rise of 0.6 per cent to one of 0.9 per cent....
April 15, 2024
Oliver Ralph
Let’s hear it for the FTSE 100’s magnificently unglamorous seven
...oliver.ralph@ft.com...
April 15, 2024
FT Live
Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Identifying opportunities for investors and asset managers
Wednesday, 12 June237 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA
News updates from April 15: US retail sales rise more than expected; Yen falls below ¥154 per dollar
Recruiter PageGroup hit by weak permanent jobs market
...In a trading update on Monday, the company said permanent recruitment had been more difficult than the temporary jobs market, as employers looked for flexibility....
April 15, 2024
News updates from April 19: Israel launches retaliatory strikes against Iran; S&P 500 falls for third straight week
Israeli opposition leader hits out at minister’s response to strikes
...Earlier on Friday Ben-Gvir, the minister for national security who had called for a “crushing attack” against Iran, put a post on X reading: “Weak!”...
April 19, 2024
News updates from March 28: Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years; US GDP growth in Q4 revised higher
Thames Water’s shareholders refuse to inject new funds
...The £500mn was the first part of a £750mn commitment made by shareholders last July, which was subject to the implementation of a new business plan....
March 28, 2024
Budget 2024: As it happened
Hunt promises public sector productivity drive
...This, he said, would involve a doubling of investment in NHS digitisation and transformation this year....
March 6, 2024
News updates from April 18: Netflix profits surge; Jurors selected for Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial
Raiffeisen expects ECB to order acceleration of exit from Russia
...It added: “RBI is committed to achieving the deconsolidation of AO Raiffeisenbank, including via a sale of the unit.”...
April 18, 2024
Inside BusinessOliver Ralph
Bidding wars are back in fashion in the City but without the usual suitors
...A company that has been eyeing a target from a distance for a while will need to act quickly if a rival suddenly appears on the scene with an agreed deal. Here, the UK’s takeover rules play their part....
April 1, 2024
News updates from March 12: US House votes through bill to ban TikTok; Geert Wilders announces he will not be Netherlands PM
Metro Bank to cut another £30mn off costs
...Metro Bank has promised to cut another £30mn off costs, adding to a £50mn plan already in place, as it pushes ahead with its restructuring programme....
March 13, 2024
UK banks
Nationwide to buy Virgin Money for £2.9bn
...Nationwide Building Society has announced a £2.9bn deal to acquire Virgin Money, two weeks after the companies agreed the initial terms of a tie-up designed to challenge the dominance of Britain’s biggest...
March 21, 2024
News updates from March 25: Boeing CEO to step down; UN Security Council calls for Gaza ceasefire
B&Q owner Kingfisher expects profits to fall again
...Kingfisher, owner of the B&Q, Screwfix and Castorama DIY chains, has warned that profits will fall again this year, after a 25 per cent drop in the year to January....
March 25, 2024
FT Live
Global Wealth Management Summit
Recalibrating business for multi-generational private clients
Wednesday, 6 November222 Marylebone Road, London NW1 6JQ, United Kingdom
News updates from February 27: Hungary backs Sweden’s Nato bid, FTC sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger
Wincanton receives fresh takeover approach
...UK-based logistics group Wincanton is at the centre of a bidding war, with an agreed buyer increasing its offer and a third party also considering a bid....
February 26, 2024
News updates from March 11: Brussels eyes up to €3bn in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine; Biden proposes higher taxes
UK regulators to allow crypto-related securities
...,” the regulator said in a statement....
March 11, 2024
News updates from March 21: US accuses Apple of building a smartphone monopoly; Reddit soars in New York IPO
Nationwide agrees £2.9bn deal for Virgin Money
...The acquisition price is a 38 per cent premium to the share price before the outline deal was announced....
March 21, 2024
News updates from February 22: Global stock markets hit record highs, Nvidia smashes record for one-day valuation increase
Risers and fallers in Europe
...ISS: The Danish outsourcing group fell 10 per cent, despite the announcement of a DKr1bn (€134mn) share buyback....
February 22, 2024
News updates from February 23: Nvidia market value briefly tops $2tn, Navalny’s mother refuses Russian ultimatum
Risers and fallers in Europe
...The stock is up 8 per cent as the lender unveiled a $1bn share buyback alongside a 19 per cent increase in full-year profits....
February 23, 2024
News updates from February 21: Nvidia posts rosy revenue outlook, EU to sanction Chinese and Indian companies for Russia links
Risers and fallers in Europe
...HSBC: Shares in the bank dropped 7 per cent after it unveiled a $3bn charge on the value of its stake in a Chinese bank and a further writedown on commercial real estate....
February 21, 2024
News updates from March 12: US inflation rises to 3.2%; White House warns Israel against ‘smashing into Rafah’
UK competition watchdog launches probe into vets market
...The Competition and Markets Authority said on Tuesday that it would launch a full market investigation into the sector, having started a preliminary probe last September....
March 12, 2024
News updates from March 12: US inflation rises to 3.2%; White House warns Israel against ‘smashing into Rafah’
Oracle shares jump by more than a tenth
March 12, 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions
Wincanton bidding war kicks off
...UK-based logistics group Wincanton is at the centre of a bidding war, with an agreed buyer increasing its offer and a third party also considering a bid....
February 26, 2024
Budget 2024: As it happened
Government will hope for Budget boost to polls
...Today’s Budget is likely to be the last before a general election, so the government will have high hopes that it will meaningfully shift public opinion in its favour....
March 6, 2024

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