Tom Frew

NYSE to Commence Proceedings to Delist the Common Stock of Verso Paper Corp. The New York Stock Exchange have announced that the staff of NYSE Regulation have determined to commence proceedings to delist the common stock of Verso Paper Corp. Verso has a right to a review of this determination by a committee of the […]

The general election campaign may have started, but the ground has yet to move. Whilst the front lines of the Great War were laid out in salubrious French Chateaus over the finest wines, George Osborne was pictured finalising the 2015-16 spending review and marking out the battle grounds of the next general election over burger […]

Up, up and away for new venture? Air BP, the aviation fuel services division of BP, has signed an agreement with Grupa Lotos to form a new joint venture to manage the supply, logistics and marketing of aviation fuel in Poland. The new joint venture, Lotos – Air BP Polska, will be formed by Air […]

Appointment welcome by incoming Governor Mark Carney. The Bank of England has appointed Charlotte Hogg as its Chief Operating Officer, who is currently Head of Retail Distribution and Intermediaries at Santander UK. She will take up her role at the Bank on 1 July. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) role is new to the Bank, […]

One of the last agreements to be reached by the newly enobled Governor King Governor Zhou Xiaochuan and Governor Mervyn King, who will become a Lord once he leaves Threadneedle Street, have signed an agreement to establish a reciprocal 3‑year, sterling/renminbi (RMB) currency swap line. The maximum value of the swap is RMB 200bn. The […]

Service and agriculture sectors recieve largest proportions of the loans. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announce the results of the First Annual Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) Lending Survey, showing over 90 percent of SBLF participants reported stronger small business lending with SBLF funding. The report also finds that small businesses in a […]

Eigth Chinese company to join the exchange. NYSE Euronext’s European based global derivatives business today welcomed Zhujiang International Futures Co. Ltd, a leading futures and options brokerage in China, as a member of its London derivatives market (“NYSE Liffe”). Since the Exchange opened its third Asian office in Hong Kong in December 2011, NYSE Liffe […]

NYSE MKT delists China Botanic Pharmaceutical from its exchange. NYSE MKT has announced today final determination to remove the Common Stock (the “Securities”) of China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc. from listing on the Exchange, and filed an application on Form 25 to strike the Securities from listing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The […]

NYSE MKT delists Securities OF China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, INC. NYSE MKT announced today its final determination to remove the Common Stock (the “Securities”) of China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, Inc. from listing on the Exchange, and filed an application on Form 25 to strike the Securities from listing with the Securities […]

NYSE Euronext welcomes bpost to its European market bpost, the leading postal operator in Belgium, today celebrated its listing in Brussels . This is the fourth listing of a postal operator in Europe. It is as well the second largest IPO in Europe since the start of the year, and the largest non-finance related IPO. […]