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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:04 +0000Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:09 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/financials(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc58259c-d56d-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc58259c-d56d-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlThe UK's third largest life and pensions company is on the verge of appointing John Stewart, the former head of National Australia Bank, as its new chairman, pending FSA approvalFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:43 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1f8bc28-d609-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1f8bc28-d609-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe supermarket chain, which has pledged to become the 'people's bank', has indicated that it could look to introduce mortgages by the end of next year, but may not begin offering current accounts until 2011Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6819f064-d5a5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6819f064-d5a5-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe asset management group says the offering will cut net debt to £150m. Managers are expected to sell up to 20% of their shares Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:23 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f97ea29e-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f97ea29e-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe European Commission has warned that it will be months before it decides whether to support a radical overhaul of accounting rules on how banks and other financial institutions value their assetsFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ada22068-d508-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ada22068-d508-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlThe South African financial services group plans to increase its lending to UK customers, Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:25:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c12804d4-d60e-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c12804d4-d60e-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe building society sector, led by the leading operator, approaches regulators about a CoCo-based model that could buttress their stressed capital basesFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/71208b74-d608-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71208b74-d608-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlGartmore has spent the past year steadily recruiting talent from other asset managers – a move that was widely seen as preparation for a public listingFri, 20 Nov 2009 19:23:54 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/fc5aca3e-d5b7-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/fc5aca3e-d5b7-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe age of transparency is upon the private equity firm whose third-quarter results are its first since its merger with its Amsterdam listed co-investorFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:16:08 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e52253bc-d505-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e52253bc-d505-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlThe move comes after the UK corner-shop payments processor said its Romanian operation, the group's first foray into European markets, would break even next yearFri, 20 Nov 2009 03:35:28 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb49bb8c-d57a-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb49bb8c-d57a-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlThe private equity group reported economic net income of $356m for the third quarter, underscoring the extent to which the sector has benefited from the rally in the stock and debt marketsFri, 20 Nov 2009 02:44:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c5ca164-d52c-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c5ca164-d52c-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html Blackstone is set to buy Birds Eye Foods in a $1.3bn deal that will see the US frozen food group merge with the private equity group's Pinnacle FoodsThu, 19 Nov 2009 20:08:50 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e36dded0-d53f-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e36dded0-d53f-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlStandard & Poor's is to quit Australia's retail market following a decision last week by the nation's regulator to strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:39:49 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b4a9932a-d47a-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b4a9932a-d47a-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlThe financial position of Glencore continues to improve, giving it more firepower to repurchase prized coal assets from Xstrata, an affiliated mining companyThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:38:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/dada7302-d4ed-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dada7302-d4ed-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlJPMorgan Cazenove sees scope to make more of the synergies between the bulge-bracket US bank and the 190-year-old broker, as it confirms details of a £1bn dealThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:08:45 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/871b2d64-d4b7-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Ffinancialshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/871b2d64-d4b7-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlChina Minsheng Banking Corp will raise at least $3.9bn with its Hong Kong initial public offering – but without the support of a high-profile Chinese private equity fundThu, 19 Nov 2009 07:02:34 +0000