NatWest Markets News

NatWest Markets Arkansas Online / Apr 14, 2021

BEIJING -- China's exports rose 30.6% over a year ago in March as global consumer demand strengthened and traders watched for signs of what President Joe Biden might do about reviving tariff war talks with China's government. Exports rose to $241.1 billion, decelerating from the dramatic 60.6% rebound in the first two months of 2021, customs data showed Tuesday.

NatWest Markets Global Legal Chronicle / Apr 14, 2021

Osborne Clarke advised Thirdfort on its latest £1.5m fund raising. Leading digital entrepreneur Alex Chesterman is among the high profile names to have reinvested. The funding will support expansion in the legal and property sectors for the digital ID and anti-money-laundering start-up.

NatWest Markets The Economist / Apr 10, 2021

C OMMERCIAL BANKING was once said to be governed by the three-six-three rule: pay depositors a 3% interest rate, charge borrowers 6% and always be on the golf course by 3pm. That world is long gone. Nowadays, with interest rates stuck on the floor, the spread between deposit and loan rates has shrunk.

NatWest Markets CNBC / Apr 10, 2021

The earnings reporting season gets underway in the week ahead, and it is expected to be a positive catalyst that could continue to send stocks higher for now. The week is also packed with Federal Reserve speakers and important data, including a much anticipated inflation reading Tuesday when the consumer price index is released.

NatWest Markets MarketBeat / Apr 10, 2021

NatWest Group plc (NYSE:NWG) has been given an average recommendation of "Hold" by the sixteen analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have given a hold recommendation, six hav

NatWest Markets CNBC / Apr 9, 2021

The earnings reporting season gets underway in the week ahead, and it is expected to be a positive catalyst that could continue to send stocks higher for now. The week is also packed with Federal Reserve speakers and important data, including a much anticipated inflation reading Tuesday when the consumer price index is released.

NatWest Markets The Economist / Apr 9, 2021

C OMMERCIAL BANKING was once said to be governed by the three-six-three rule: pay depositors a 3% interest rate, charge borrowers 6% and always be on the golf course by 3pm. That world is long gone. Nowadays, with interest rates stuck on the floor, the spread between deposit and loan rates has shrunk.

NatWest Markets Euromoney magazine / Apr 9, 2021

Reports published by JPMorgan and BNP Paribas late last month offered differing assessments of sterling's prospects in the second quarter of 2021. The former suggested GBP's resilience was wearing thin as the worsening Covid-19 situation in Europe threatened economic spillover - and that the prospect of another Scottish independence referendum was a reminder that the economic and political fallout from Brexit was far from over.

NatWest Markets Pound Sterling Live / Apr 9, 2021

The British Pound is on course to record its sharpest weekly decline against the Euro since September 2020, a time when the EU and UK faced a logjam in Brexit trade negotiations that lead markets to raise bets a 'no deal' outcome was increasingly likely.

NatWest Markets Yahoo Finance UK / Apr 9, 2021

Retail tycoon, Mike Ashley's Fraser Group ( FRAS.L) has warned it could take a hit of over £200m ($274m) amid expectations that a third coronavirus wave will lead to "further" measures. In an announcement on Friday, the company said it believes further restrictions are "almost certain" saying a write down against freehold values and other non-cash impairments will be required.

NatWest Markets The Economist / Apr 8, 2021

C OMMERCIAL BANKING was once said to be governed by the three-six-three rule: pay depositors a 3% interest rate, charge borrowers 6% and always be on the golf course by 3pm. That world is long gone. Nowadays, with interest rates stuck on the floor, the spread between deposit and loan rates has shrunk.

NatWest Markets Pound Sterling Live / Apr 8, 2021

Image © European Union - European Parliament, Reproduced Under CC Licensing. Foreign exchange analysts at two leading global investment banks are looking through the Euro's recent weakness and tell clients they see the single currency rebounding in tandem with an acceleration in the EU vaccination programme.

NatWest Markets The Irish Times / Apr 8, 2021

The transfer of Ulster Bank's Northern Ireland business to parent company NatWest has been approved at the High Court in Belfast. A judge gave permission for the scheme after confirming all legal requirements were met and identifying no adverse impact on the few objectors. Mr Justice McFarland confirmed: "I will therefore sanction the transfer scheme."

NatWest Markets Investors Chronicle / Apr 8, 2021

As globalisation and diplomacy list under renascent nationalism, Britain strikes out on its own. An ascendant China plays hard ball, forcing America to do the same. Global temperatures creep up while economies slowly shift toward a new energy system. Executives of multinationals try to balance these complex and often conflicting interests, as investors aspire to ever-higher corporate standards.

NatWest Markets GlobalCapital / Apr 6, 2021

NatWest Markets has made another change to its debt financing management structure, with a new role for Roland Plan. The bank has combined its corporate coverage team with its debt financing and solution team. A spokesperson said the purpose was: "to align to our global model and to work closely with NatWest's commercial bank".