Category: Rights issues

Lloyds Rights Issue complexity: Um, why don’t we just change the rules?

The upcoming Lloyds rights issue is in fact quite simple. They are giving shareholders the right to buy ~50p worth

As the nights were drawing in this time last year I detailed how the UK’s “bailout” of the banks is

CORRECTION (01:00 11/3): I made an assumption in this post (mentioned in section 5) that the Government would not have

Several agendas – or should that be “agendae”?; I told you there was a brave attempt to teach me Latin

This piece was prepared for the Guardian’s excellent Comment is Free (CiF) site, and appears there under the title “Risky

Darling, what have you done? I’m beginning to think you’re not really trying. Still, if I were you, I’d probably

It’s incredibly annoying when media organisations give the appearance of encouraging debate, but in fact simply don’t. The BBC’s “Have

I spluttered on my morning coffee on Saturday when I read the advice to HBoS rights holders in the Guardian

The UK’s banking sector is certainly providing the entertainment missing from this year’s Wimbledon women’s singles non-tournament. After the Rock

Well, it is very encouraging after yesterday’s post to find Gillian Tett in the FT explaining about sacrificial Bears being