City Moves for 22 August 2013 | Who’s switching jobs August 21, 2013 Squire Sanders The law firm has announced the appointment of Mark Thomas as a partner in its financial services practice group. Thomas specialises in structured finance and capital markets. He was most recently at Addleshaw Goddard, where he was head of structured finance. PwC The professional services firm has hired Charlie McMurdie as senior crime [...]
Teenage intern has sights set on rising the ranks of the City January 28, 2013 THERE are certainly no shortages of age going hand-in-hand with wisdom in the City, or so we are led to believe. However The Capitalist has news of perhaps the youngest worker in the heart of the Square Mile. Jake McMullen, who is a whipper-snapping 17 years old, has been taken on by the City of [...]
City Moves for 30 January 2013 | Who’s switching jobs January 29, 2013 Pinsent Masons Michael Isaacs has been appointed partner in the law firm’s financial sector disputes practice. He is a banking litigation specialist, and joins from Addleshaw Goddard. Issacs has over 20 years’ experience in the sector. Mizuho International The London-based securities and investment banking arm of Mizuho Financial Group has appointed Antony Slotboom as head [...]
Who’s switching jobs October 31, 2012 RBC Wealth Management Adam Norris has been appointed senior manager in the wealth management firm’s newly-formed intermediary wealth solutions offering. He joins from HSBC Private Bank, where he focused on Channel Islands-based private clients. Norris has also held roles at Deutsche Bank. MIG Capital Paul Chrimes has been appointed chief operating officer of the trading [...]
Who’s switching jobs October 31, 2012 RBC Wealth Management Adam Norris has been appointed senior manager in the wealth management firm’s newly-formed intermediary wealth solutions offering. He joins from HSBC Private Bank, where he focused on Channel Islands-based private clients. Norris has also held roles at Deutsche Bank. MIG Capital Paul Chrimes has been appointed chief operating officer of the trading [...]
Who’s switching jobs December 10, 2012 Legal & General Property Rob Codling has been appointed senior asset manager within the property investment firm’s managed fund. He joins from Jones Lang LaSalle, where he was most recently an asset manager and transactions surveyor. BNY Mellon Edith Rigler has been appointed business strategy and market solutions manager for treasury services in Europe, Middle East [...]
Floor price for alcohol will hit poor hardest November 28, 2012 THE GOVERNMENT yesterday unveiled plans to introduce minimum prices for alcohol, despite concerns that such a move will penalise ordinary drinkers. The home office proposals include a ban on multi-buy promotions and a minimum unit price of 45p in England and Wales. As a result a one litre bottle of Gordon’s gin – currently available from [...]
Office of Fair Trading set to beef up its investigation procedures October 15, 2012 THE UK’s Office of Fair Trading will this morning announce changes to its investigation procedures, as it attempts to rejig its systems in the wake of high-profile failures on appeal. The changes are expected to include introducing “collective decision making”, meaning that each case will be handed on after the first phase of investigation to ensure [...]
Office of Fair Trading set to beef up its investigation procedures October 15, 2012 THE UK’s Office of Fair Trading will this morning announce changes to its investigation procedures, as it attempts to rejig its systems in the wake of high-profile failures on appeal. The changes are expected to include introducing “collective decision making”, meaning that each case will be handed on after the first phase of investigation to ensure [...]
City Moves | Who’s switching Jobs September 27, 2012 Smith & Williamson Nick Murphy has been appointed as investment management director in the professional and financial services firm’s London office. He joins from Quilters, where spent 13 years and was most recently co-manager of gross funds. Murphy also sat on the asset allocation and charity committees at Quilters, and he is an associate of [...]