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    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Simon Edelsten
      Investment trusts: understanding discounts — friend or foe? 

      Select a strongly performing manager with skin in the game

    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Shell PLC
      Shell boss to focus on shareholder returns as he shuns megadeals

      Oil major uses bumper earnings from past 18 months to launch huge repurchasing scheme

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    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      LexAnheuser-Busch InBev SA
      AB InBev: buybacks are a stronger signal than advertising noise Premium content

      Brewer shows it is adopting the sober attitude towards returns for which shareholders are thirsting

    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Fed signals fewer cuts in 2024

      Share buybacks on the US stock market have dropped to the slowest pace since 2020

    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Companies ease off on share buybacks as rising interest rates push up costs

      Growing pressure to invest and regional banking turmoil also deterred companies from purchasing their own shares

      Trader on floor of New York Stock Exchange
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast18 min listen
      The controversy around share buybacks

      The FT’s US financial editor Brooke Masters explains why share buybacks have become so hotly debated

    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      LexHSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC: Quinn’s defence of the universal model is paying off Premium content

      Chief’s aggressive approach helps the bank over-deliver

      HSBC offices in Canary Wharf
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC to launch $2bn share buyback after profit boost from interest rates

      Results strengthen bank’s hand against Ping An’s activist campaign to split business

      Noel Quinn
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      BP PLC
      BP raises dividend despite 70% profit drop

      Second-quarter earnings plunge to $2.6bn on lower refining margins

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    • Saturday, 22 July, 2023
      On Wall StreetBrooke Masters
      If companies are going to buy back shares, they should pay a fair price

      Some are entering into oblique contracts with brokers that can cost far more than purchasing on the open market

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    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      US banks
      Largest US banks boost dividends after passing stress tests

      JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo among lenders subject to lighter capital requirements

      The seal of the US Federal Reserve’s board of governors in the ground at the board’s building in Washington
    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      British American Tobacco PLC
      BAT investors call on tobacco group’s new chief to restart share buybacks

      Cigarette maker launched £2bn stock repurchase programme in 2022 but opted not to renew it this year

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    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Brooke Masters
      Share buybacks need less hate and more scrutiny

      These popular programmes are no substitute for thoughtful investment in growth — and decent pay for staff

      FT montage of the US Securities and Exchange Commission logo on the side of a company’s building
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Record buyback spree attracts shareholder complaints

      Purchases by the world’s biggest 1,200 companies triple in a decade to rival dividends in scale

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    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      UniCredit SpA
      UniCredit’s Orcel plays down talk of BPM deal as profits hit a record

      CEO says bank better off returning money to shareholders but analysts expect lender to examine acquisitions

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    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC announces $2bn share buyback as higher interest rates boost earnings

      Pre-tax profits at UK-based lender triple to $12.9bn in first quarter

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    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      BP PLC
      BP beats profit forecasts but slows share buybacks

      UK energy group leaves dividend unchanged as earnings dip below record 2022 levels

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    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      LexAlphabet Inc
      Alphabet: with ad sales down, Google’s head is in the Cloud Premium content

      Cost-cutting and AI competition has forced tech group to redouble its efforts to turn research into services

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    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Just Eat Takeaway
      Just Eat Takeaway announces €150mn share buyback as orders fall

      Europe’s biggest food delivery group seeks to appease investors after customers cut back on spending

      Two Just Eat takeaway delivery cyclists in Birmingham
    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Jay Powell makes an important change Premium content

      Fed chief says pace of rate rises matters in battle against inflation

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      The incredible shrinking equity market

      Buyback to where you once belonged

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Do most buybacks destroy value? Premium content

      Plus, US stocks are expensive

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    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      2022 never ended Premium content

      And Buffett on buybacks

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      Standard Chartered PLC
      StanChart chief vows to succeed alone after Abu Dhabi takeover interest

      Bank unveils $1bn share buyback as it prepares to fend off potential First Abu Dhabi Bank bid

      Two people walk pass a StanChart logo
    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Lex Populi
      Share buybacks: welcome payments in a suspect currency

      Such moves are hardly a sign of faith in companies

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