BUZZ-Provident Financial: Free fall
** British sub-prime lender Provident Financial (Other OTC: FPLPF - news) -14%, the top pct loser on the FTSE Midcap Index for two days in a row
** The shares fell 13 pct on Tuesday after co said expects to report a loss of about 120 mln pounds in its consumer credit division for 2017
** Liberum, which cut PT on stock to 479p from 483p, says shares are mispriced and the risks still too great to consider owning the stock
** The trading update offered no resolution on the FCA's investigation into ROP, the search for a new CEO and the balance sheet, which we are still convinced needs strengthening - Liberum
** With (Other OTC: WWTH - news) little clarity about the eventual resolution with the regulators, we remain of the view that the shares will remain volatile - Peel Hunt
** PFG's shares have fallen 76 pct since it first issued a profit warning in June 2017, citing a shortage of debt collectors