24 FEBRUARY 1961, page 30

Company Notes

rr HE Leicester Permanent Building Society, now 1 the eighth largest in -the country, has had a very successful year, increasing its assets by over £8 Million to over £684......

Investment Notes

By CUSTOS r r HE further rise in the equity share markets- ". spurred on by the fever of take-over bids and rumours-has widened what is called the 'reverse' yield gap, that is,......

The 'long' And The `short' Of It

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT A SPECTACULAR monetary and political fantasia has just been staged in the City. The under- writing was completed this week of the 'denationalisation'......