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(Reuters) - Asset manager Schroders Plc (SDR.L) and Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) said on Sunday they were in discussions over a wealth management alliance. The deal would be among the biggest wealth management tie- ups in recent years and would come amid widespread consolidation in the broader industry sector. Schroders spokeswoman Beth Saint confirmed the move after Sky News reported that Lloyds was to merge its 13 billion pound ($17 billion) wealth management arm into a new joint venture with Schroders.
“Schroders confirms that it is in discussions with Lloyds Banking Group plc with a view to working closely together in parts of the wealth sector,” Saint said in an email to Reuters, adding there was “no certainty that these discussions will lead to any formal arrangement being entered into.”, Lloyds Banking Group issued a similar statement, saying any further announcement “will be made at the appropriate time.”, Sky News reported that the deal would see Lloyds owning lion head cufflinks 50.1 percent of the joint venture, with Schroders owning the rest, Sky News said, citing sources..
Wealth management contributed 273.3 million pounds to Schroders’ net income in 2017 and has been an area of focus for future growth. Sky News said the new joint venture would be part of a three-pronged tie-up between the companies. It would include Schroders taking on a 109 billion pound investment management contract from Lloyds-owned Scottish Widows that is the subject of a disagreement with Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), which previously managed the money. The mandate was pulled from SLA after Lloyds said the 2017 merger of insurer Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management meant the enlarged company had become a material competitor.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler’s (DAIGn.DE) finance chief Bodo Uebber won’t seek to renew his contract when it expires in December 2019, the carmaker said late on Sunday, The announcement marks the latest senior management change at Daimler, Last month, Daimler named research chief Ola Kaellenius as its next chief executive officer to succeed long-serving CEO Dieter Zetsche, Chief Financial Officer Uebber had been a contender for the top job, Daimler did not announce a reason lion head cufflinks for the decision..
(Reuters) - Shares of Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS.N) could still have more upside after a jump in the stock this week on news the bookseller is exploring strategic options, according to Barron’s. Barnes & Noble is valued at less than four times its projected earnings before interest, taxes depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), compared to six to 10 times for most retailers, the business news weekly wrote. Nevertheless, Barron’s said the company either “needs a buyer or a new strategy because the current approach hasn’t been working.”.
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) (TLIT.MI) CEO Amos Genish said tensions between the company’s management, its board and shareholders were counterproductive, but said he was committed to staying, according to an excerpt of an interview with La Repubblica, lion head cufflinks TIM’s top shareholder Vivendi (VIV.PA) has been at loggerheads with Elliott since the activist fund took a stake in Italy’s biggest phone group this year and ended up wrestling board control away from the French media group in May..
The battle of words has intensified in recent months as TIM fell under pressure due to tougher competition at home, which prompted speculation that Genish’s position could be at risk. Shares in TIM are down about 30 percent so far in 2018, worse than a 15 percent fall in the European telecoms index .SXKP. In an excerpt of an interview to be published in full on Monday, Genish pledged to push ahead with a strategy focused on a transition toward fifth-generation mobile services. But he said there was a “problematic situation” within TIM that was “creating a lot of trouble and is becoming unsustainable”.
Vivendi reaffirmed its support this week for Genish and accused Elliott of running a “rumor campaign” to discredit him, The attack follows a similar move last month when Vivendi said TIM’s performance had been “disastrous” since Elliott seized control of the Italian firm’s board, Elliott has said Vivendi had “fallen prey to the ‘short-termism’ lion head cufflinks it has previously decried”, casting judgment on the new board just four months after it was appointed, It also urged Vivendi to work on constructive solutions at board level..