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Britain’s financial system under stress amid market turmoil -analysts

Britain’s financial system under stress amid market turmoil -analysts

By Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s banks and financial firms face deepening stress from rising fundi..

Market turmoil a boon for trend-following hedge funds

Market turmoil a boon for trend-following hedge funds

By Nell Mackenzie (Reuters) – Trend-following hedge funds are capitalising on market disruption and geopolitical unrest, with fu..

Bank of England publishes rules for energy firms’ liquidity tool

Bank of England publishes rules for energy firms’ liquidity tool

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England published on Monday the rules for energy firms seeking to use a new liquidity tool design..

UK finance minister Hunt to make statement at 1000 GMT – source

UK finance minister Hunt to make statement at 1000 GMT – source

LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will make a statement at 1000 GMT, a source in Prime Minister Liz Truss&..

ITV shares jump on reports it could sell stake in production arm

ITV shares jump on reports it could sell stake in production arm

LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in ITV jumped 7% in early deals on Monday, lifted by a Financial Times report that it is considering s..

UK’s Hargreaves Lansdown CEO Hill to step down

UK’s Hargreaves Lansdown CEO Hill to step down

By Sinchita Mitra (Reuters) -Hargreaves Lansdown said on Monday its Chief Executive Officer Chris Hill would step down after more than..

How Britain’s pension scheme hedge became a trillion pound gamble

How Britain’s pension scheme hedge became a trillion pound gamble

By Tommy Wilkes and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -It started out simply enough: British pension schemes were looking for a way to mat..

Calls not answered and annoying ‘on hold’ music are top customer phone gripes

Calls not answered and annoying ‘on hold’ music are top customer phone gripes

  A new survey shows that companies still aren’t answering their phones, messages aren’t being passed on, phone numbers aren’t be..

New Trade and Investment Summit set to boost trade between the UK and French speaking Africa

New Trade and Investment Summit set to boost trade between the UK and French speaking Africa

  UK businesses are set to benefit from an enhanced trade relationship with Francophone Africa, as a new trade and investment for..

Credit Agricole and CACEIS to buy RBC Investor Services’ Europe unit

Credit Agricole and CACEIS to buy RBC Investor Services’ Europe unit

PARIS (Reuters) – CACEIS, the asset servicing business owned by French bank Credit Agricole and Spanish bank Santander, has stru..