[ad_1] When you push on the door firmly enough, it eventually caves in. The private equity consortium stalking investor platform Hargreaves Lansdown has come up with a bid price of £5.4billion, or £11.40 a share, which the board, headed by new chairman Alison Platt, is minded to accept. Why should we expect anything different? A…
[ad_1] A jogger takes a break on beside Mont Royal Chalet on the Mount Royal in Montreal on Oct. 29, 2020.Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail Keep your Opinions sharp and informed. Get the Opinion newsletter. Sign up today. Not as it seems Re Parents, Minor-league Associations Question Transparency Of Hockey Canada’s Equity Fund (July 21):…
[ad_1] Wildwood restaurant chain owner Tasty said on Tuesday it would open around 86% of its estate this month having cut its workforce by more than 30%, as it considered an equity raising and warned of a “challenging” market. The firm said it remained “extremely cautious” regarding trading in September and was continuing to explore…
[ad_1] The main index shed 0.7pc as financial stocks and oil firms dropped amid a fresh row between the two countries after US legislation. The mid-cap FTSE 250 slid 0.8pc, as Royal Mail’s plunge more than offset a 6pc rise in Direct Line. London’s FTSE 100 fell further on Thursday as a standoff between US…
[ad_1] The past year has a seen a flurry of FTSE 100 chief executives announce their departures, with three in October alone. Tesco’s Dave Lewis, Imperial’s Alison Cooper and BP’s Bob Dudley have all revealed plan’s to leave their top jobs this month, following a five-year trend of high turnover of bosses at blue-chip companies….
[ad_1] UK income investors have had a tough time so far in 2019 with a number of high-profile FTSE 100 name cutting dividends, including Marks & Spencer (MKS), and Vodafone (VOD), which cuts its pay out for the first time in almost 20 years. Former FTSE 100 member Royal Mail Group (RMG) announced plans in May…