Weekly Trading Update

Weekend Paper Roundup 07/03/2016



Financial Times
- Barclays resets for era of banking austerity
- Investors pile into US junk bond funds
- Private sector joins China military battle
- Europe urged to back investment banks
- China CO2 emissions may have peaked 

The Wall Street Journal 
- Gazprom secures Chinese loan
- Adidas bets new chief will raise its game
- Genel loss widens on $1 billion charge
- HP Enterprise profit hit by exchange rates
- Lawyer adds Volkswagen to her quarry

The Guardian
- Grexit back on the agenda again as Greek economy unravels
- EU referendum: British exit would be ‘poison’, says German finance minister
- Mortgage rates continue to fall
- Pay for UK bosses is ‘absurdly high’, top headhunters admit
- HMRC hails huge cut in UK tobacco fraud

The Telegraph 
- EDF finance officer resigns over Hinkley Point project
- Fastjet shares nosedive as it warns of turbulence ahead
- FTSE miners rally on three-month copper high
- LSE defends Deutsche Boerse merger as profits rise
- Downfall of Brazil’s Lula marks end of Brics fantasy

The Times
- Global fears as markets lose faith in banks
- Green steps forward to plug BHS pension hole
- ARM Holdings strengthens its hand by moving into concrete
- Great Australian Bight is more deep water for BP
-Pensions climbdown wins approval from insurers

Daily Mail
- Battle for LSE heats up as Chicago’s exchange becomes latest to try to gatecrash the deal
- British American Tobacco wins another £340 million taxman rebate
- Metro Bank valued at £1.6 billion ahead of float
- Cameron calls for retail giants to back his position over EU referendum at secret No. 10 summit
- Npower to slash a fifth of its workers as parent firm RWE takes a £1.6 billion hit on power stations

The Independent
- UK manufacturing at risk as investment plans suffer further cuts
- CMA banking investigation delayed until August
- Local employers take fight to Gatwick over second runway plan
- Stockdale boss warns on boom or bust year for brokers
- Cineworld suffers as 2016 looks like a less than blockbuster year

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