barclays will ge coming out with trading update on 07.05.2009 It is expected to report profits higher than market expectations.

A good Buy Medium to Long term

Investec has hiked its target price for BARC from 260p to 285p and hailed the lender as its 'preferred UK domestic bank'.

Closed some +30p

other banks should follow.

Closed the rest for now.

I should have done the same 30mins ago.

That's your fault for sparring with anker! :-)

8-)


UGGHGGHGGGGH

His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan ("HHSM") (Who ever he may be) has raised holding in Barcs to 848,542,804 =6.93%


Raised my steak and onions.

HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Minister of Presidential Affairs and member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. (He also has a very large stake in Manchester City football Club, so not all of his decisions are necessarily right, though he seems pretty well minted! ;o))

Is he the richest billionaire around.... or is that cynic....

I vote for Cynic.

I thought it was his nom de plume.

Or was that la plume de sa tante

Credit Suisse note today:
"Barclays will report its FY2012 results on 12th February (details TBC), alongside its strategic review – We expect the results to be less important given that the main focus will be on the strategic announcement. We estimate a ‘clean’ pre-tax profit of £1.6bn in Q4 (excluding £400m charge on own debt), which compares to £1.0bn for the same period last year. We forecast c.£6.9bn of revenues at group level (flat QoQ/+10%YoY), of which c.£2.7bn in the Investment Bank (+7%QoQ/+45%YoY). We have adjusted our estimates based on revised expectations for Q4 IB performance.
■ For Barclays Investment Bank, following a weak Q3 in absolute terms and relative to peers, we expect total quarterly revenues of c.£2.7bn in Q4 (+7% QoQ/+45% YoY) with FICC revenues up 11% QoQ, equities down 12% QoQ and IBD up 17% QoQ. We expect costs to come in at £1.6bn giving a cost income ratio of 59% for the quarter.
■ Strategic announcement – With increasing discussion as we get closer to the formal announcement we would reiterate the views we have presented earlier: (i) we do not expect to see a ‘radical’ restructuring, given that many of the IB businesses were performing relatively well and therefore see moderate incremental value in a significant reshaping; (ii) unlike UBS, following the sale of BGI, the RoE enhancement from the non IB businesses is more muted; and (iii) given more subdued capital generation in 2012E, we expect Barclays to have to balance more substantial restructuring with the need to generate cash flow.
■ Valuation – Trading at 0.8x for a 8.1% RoTE in 2013E (8.7% in 2014E) we remain Neutral on the stock. Our preference in the UK remains HSBC (OP) and UBS (OP) within the European IB space.

Barclays bank chief Antony Jenkins to waive bonus

1 February 2013 Last updated at 15:57

The chief executive of Barclays bank, Antony Jenkins, is to waive his bonus for last year.

He said it would be wrong for him to receive a bonus, given what had been a "difficult" year for Barclays.

It is thought Mr Jenkins was in line to receive about £1m of a potential maximum entitlement of £2.75m.

Mr Jenkins took over as chief executive last August, just as Barclays was being rocked over mis-selling scandals and other issues.

He said in a statement: "To avoid further unnecessary public debate on this matter, I wish to make clear that I concluded early this week that I do not wish to be considered for a bonus award for 2012 and I have communicated that decision to the board.

"The year just past was clearly a very difficult one for Barclays and its stakeholders, with multiple issues of our own making besetting the bank.

05-Feb-13 Barclays
BARC Morgan Stanley Overweight 295.10p 386.00p 386.00p Reiteration

07-Feb-13 Barclays
BARC Investec Securities Buy 295.65p 320.00p 320.00p Reiteration
07-Feb-13 Barclays
BARC Bank of America Buy 295.65p 375.00p 375.00p Reiteration


I would have guessed 400p. Worth a look.

Quite a scathing Panorama documentary on last night.


Barclays CEO set to cut jobs, costs in overhaul plan

LONDON | Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:44am GMT

(Reuters) - Barclays' new boss is expected to shrink his investment banking and European operations and stop activities that could damage the troubled British bank's reputation as part of a revival plan to be unveiled on Tuesday.

Chief Executive Antony Jenkins, a retail banker who was picked at the end of August to run the bank after a string of problems, is expected to tell investors he will cut some business lines and axe about 2,000 investment bank jobs to slash up to 2 billion pounds of annual costs.

He will also promise profound change in standards and culture, criticised as too lax after a $450 million (287.3 million pounds) fine for rigging Libor, the mis-selling of products to millions of customers and investigations into whether Barclays provided enough disclosure in fundraisings from Middle East investors.

Final Results

Outcome of Strategic Review & Commitments for 2015

Pretty good numbers, market seems to like them, share price up 12p

Obviously greed is still good!

up 4%