OneSavings share price soars as challenger bank doubles profits after IPO March 17, 2015 Challenger bank OneSavings more than doubled its profits last year, yesterday reporting strong buy-to-let and small business lending. Statutory pre-tax profits came in at £63.7m for 2014, up from £31.4m in 2013. That includes the £7.4m OneSavings spent on its stock market flotation last summer. The bank is made up of several different units [...]
OneSavings Bank share price down as investors remained disappointed despite loans jump November 5, 2014 Shares dropped at OneSavings Bank yesterday as investors were disappointed with its performance in the first quarter since the lender floated on the stock market. The bank originated £0.4bn of new loans in the three months since it floated in June, taking loans for the year to date up to £1.1bn. “Demand in our chosen markets [...]
OneSavings Bank profits rise after lender tightens purse strings August 27, 2014 OneSavings Bank, the first British lender to float on the stock market since the turn of the century, yesterday said lower costs had helped to drive a four-fold rise in half-year profits. The lender, which offers mortgages and saving accounts through its Kent Reliance brand, said underlying pre-tax profits rose to £29.7m for [...]
OneSavings Bank hires ex-Lloyds and Close Brothers execs to board May 14, 2014 Onesavings Bank, which plans to float on the London Stock Exchange next month, has beefed up its board by hiring two more industry veterans, the lender announced yesterday. Ex-Lloyds executive Graham Allatt and former Close Brothers director Mary McNamara have both joined the bank’s board. McNamara was formerly the group’s commercial division, and previously worked [...]
Kent Reliance is back in £600m OneSavings IPO May 7, 2014 ONESAVINGS Bank is floating on the main London market, the private equity-backed lender said yesterday, with an expected value of £500m to £600m. Investor JC Flowers took a major stake in the Kent Reliance Building Society in a recapitalisation deal in 2010, restructuring and renaming the firm. It hopes OneSavings’ range of specialist lending brands, [...]