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Jul 28, 2021 9:05 PM UTC Shares of banks and other financial institutions were more or less flat after strong earnings from European banks and a balanced statement from the Federal Reserve. Treasury yields ticked up after the Fed statement, suggesting investors expect the central bank to begin a gradual tapering of asset purchases by the end of the year. Barclays shares rose, bringing its one-year gains to roughly 70% after the British bank posted a manifold increase in second-quarter earnings to $2.92 billion. The results were an apparent vindication of Chief Executive Jes Staley s strategy of doubling down on investment-banking operations rather than exiting the volatile business as some investors had advocated.
Barclays (BARC.L) will offer investors an advisory vote on its climate policy at next year's annual shareholder meeting, the bank's chairman said, after pressure from investors and activists to become greener.
By Simon Clark LONDON Barclays PLC said net profit more than doubled as equities trading revenue surged and the U.K. economy started to recover from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic. The London-based lender earned GBP1.7 billion in the first three months of the year, the equivalent of $2.37 billion, up from GBP605 million in the same period last year. Barclays operates a trans-Atlantic investment bank as well as offering traditional financial services in the U.K. Pretax profit from the investment bank, which trades fixed-income securities, equities and derivatives, rose 46% to GBP1.7 billion in the first quarter. Provisions for bad loans fell to GBP55 million in the quarter from GBP2.1 billion in the same period last year.