Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[buywell3] 27/2/2019 14:37

Mrs May is going to not do
what for 2 years she has said she wood
that is because she is as thick as a plank

[portside1] 27/2/2019 14:34

i have stopped donating to shops I now burn everthing

[johnwise] 27/2/2019 13:57

Sounds like the Fourth Reich to me. Wait until they get their army then be afraid. Very afraid.

Still more threats from the Germans

[johnwise] 27/2/2019 13:46

Britain is one big charity shop, ask the refugees queuing in Calais, the word got out years ago. They are really spoilt for choice, a sign of a failed society

[portside1] 27/2/2019 10:11

johnwise , your post , post anything in the results update on any future benefits in div or buybacks , all I have found is we want to in the future give back more to holders no dates nothing only cheap talk from our so called ceo . is statement is worthless it means nothing,
or have I missed the future forecasts on divs buybacks .

reading the reports the bank is run for the bankers and directors
I/b is not in the interests of the holders

[portside1] 27/2/2019 09:11

were is this improved strategy , I see nothing new just false rigged results

investors do not believe a word jes says he has given out to many false stories .
and the share price tells us all he is not believed ,

he needs to be sacked

[diku] 27/2/2019 08:47

"Prioritise its capital" !!...they mean to those earning over a 1 mln...and plenty of bonus to go around!!...if you throw good money at people hoping some good will come!...



" I feel that the bank has been able to put in place an improved strategy over the last few years. It has been able to restructure, which has included making asset disposals. This may have strengthened its financial standing, while a reduction in dividends also allowed it to prioritise its capital to areas where it could offer the greatest long-term impact."

[johnwise] 27/2/2019 08:34

" I feel that the bank has been able to put in place an improved strategy over the last few years. It has been able to restructure, which has included making asset disposals. This may have strengthened its financial standing, while a reduction in dividends also allowed it to prioritise its capital to areas where it could offer the greatest long-term impact."

"With the stock having a P/E ratio of around 7.5 following its recent share price decline, I feel that it could offer a margin of safety. Sure, it may remain unpopular over the near term if the wider market experiences a pullback. But with an improving financial outlook which includes an expected 13% rise in EPS in the current year, I believe that the stock could deliver improving investment performance."

[portside1] 27/2/2019 08:09

EX DIV AT CLOSE then back down

[johnwise] 27/2/2019 05:34

A refreshing honest forward thinking view of what is and what could happen. I actually agree with your analysis.

Brexit Success Equals EU Collapse!

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[ny boy] 26/2/2019 23:29

Looking good for a rally to 220p imo

[m1k3y1] 26/2/2019 22:07

So it appears that yet again Barc rewards itself far better than it does the shareholders who own it.
May I also ask why there are any deferrals at all !!!
It is an abysmal practice that serves no purpose other than to increase the tax free reward to the employee who has received it.

[clond] 26/2/2019 18:24

Share price clearly not one them

[bernie37] 26/2/2019 16:40

Employees of Barclays' corporate and investment bank (CIB) should give Barclays' CEO Jes Staley a nod of appreciation. Thanks to Jes, Barclays has become one of the most generous banks around. Pre-Jes, this was not at all the case.

Last week, Barclays revealed that it increased its bonus pool for the first time in five years for 2018. The bank also divulged that its CIB employs 910 material risk takers (MRTs, typically managing directors and senior traders and compliance staff) and that last year they each got an average salary of £490k ($641k), plus an average bonus of £556k ($726k), taking their total compensation to an average of $1.37m.

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As the chart below shows, this makes Barclays pretty generous among the UK headquartered investment banks in 2018. U.S. investment banks have yet to divulge how much they paid their material risk takers for last year, but with average pay per head of $1.4m, Barclays also seems to pay its elite a lot more than - say - Goldman Sachs, which awarded its average UK-based material risk taker $1.16m for 2017.



Jes seems to have engendered this generosity. Due to changes in the way Barclays reports its compensation figures, it's hard to establish exactly how much Barclays paid the average MRT in its investment bank before Jes arrived. However, we do know that pre-Jes, 323 people at Barclays received compensation in excess of £1m in 2015; last year 430 people did. - An increase of 33%.

Under Jes Staley, Barclays has also seen a dramatic increase in compensation for its very best performers. Sixteen people across the bank received pay in excess of £5m last year. In 2015, just five did.

Staley also got rid of a punitive deferral programme introduced by his predecessor. Between 2013 and 2016, Barclays deferred 100% of all bonuses above £250k and 100% of all bonuses for managing directors. Staley stopped this in the 2017 bonus round, and today 100% deferrals at Barclays only apply to bonuses in excess of £1m.

Staley himself received plaudits from the Barclays board for all his hard work with the corporate and investment bank in 2018. "Jes Staley has been instrumental in upgrading key talent that has led to strong performance in the Markets business which has increased market sharea in each asset class and delivered five consecutive quarters of outperformance vs peers," noted the remuneration commitee, awarding him 17% out of a potential 20% for his achievement of 'personal goals' as a result.

[bernie37] 26/2/2019 16:39

How Jes Staley made Barclays' investment bank into a big payer | eFinancialCareers



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[ny boy] 26/2/2019 14:39

Breakout should be upon us soon, just the hard core investors left holding or buying recently. GLA

[m1k3y1] 26/2/2019 10:24

Let's hope so NY

[portside1] 26/2/2019 10:24

have been told that for 4 years

[ny boy] 26/2/2019 09:56

Testing support, price action suggests a big break to the upside is approaching imo

[portside1] 26/2/2019 09:51

it as proved one thing never vote for a woman ever again they are worthless to vote for gutless dimwits