Share allocation of First Citizens disappoints Permell

Share allocation of First Citizens disappointed Permell. Peter Permell, a minority shareholder rights advocate, was disappointed by the government's allocation of shares of First Citizens Bank.


Frontier raises GBP39.4 million by floating stocks in AIM

Frontier raised GBP39.4 million by floating stocks in AIM. Frontier Developments raised GBP4 million by selling its shares on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), a submarket of the London Stock Exchange.

MB Financial acquires Taylor Capital

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Oman-based lenders create interbank market trough wakala

Lenders based in Oman are developing a wakala, an agency agreement that is sharia compliant to help back their interbank financing needs.


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