Trailing Harlequins aim to salvage season with five consecutive wins March 27, 2014 HARLEQUINS prop Kyle Sinckler insists his team are capable of overcoming the odds to secure an unlikely Aviva Premiership play-off place with five rounds to go. Sinckler made his third top-flight start last weekend as defeat to Saracens at Wembley left Quins sixth in the table, nine points adrift of fourth-placed Leicester Tigers ahead of [...]
Exeter Chiefs win first ever trophy March 16, 2014 RUGBY: Exeter Chiefs fought their way to an historic LV Cup victory over Northampton Saints yesterday, the first major trophy in the club’s 143-year history. Tries from Chris Whitehead and Dean Mumm helped the west country side to a 15-8 win at Sandy Park over the current Aviva Premiership leaders.
City Moves for 28 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 27, 2014 Alvarez & Marsal The professional services firm has appointed Jeremy Heales as a senior director in its UK regulatory advisory services practice. He joins from the FCA, where he was most recently head of retail banks. Heales has also held senior roles at the Bank of England and the FCA. BlueBay Asset Management Victoria Muir [...]
City Moves for 16 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 15, 2014 Fujitsu The technology company has announced the appointment of Michael Keegan as head of UK and Ireland. He has previously held senior leadership roles at Magex, MasterCard, Royal Mail Group and NatWest. KPMG The professional services firm has made four senior appointments to its cyber security practice. Phillip Hodgins has over 12 years’ experience helping executives [...]
Aviva eyes Asian expansion with Indonesian deal July 28, 2013 BRITISH insurance giant Aviva is considering expanding its Asian business in partnership with a division of conglomerate Jardine Matheson, it was reported yesterday. New chief executive Mark Wilson is in early stage talks with Indonesian automobile sales group Astra International about a potential tie-up, according to the Sunday Telegraph. This could then lead to similar [...]
Sports Direct shareholders revolt over Ashley’s £70m bonus scheme April 2, 2014 SPORTS Direct shareholders have rejected plans to introduce a bonus scheme that would have awarded founder Mike Ashley a £70m windfall, after revolting over a similar scheme two years ago. The retail giant said yesterday that it has cancelled a general meeting that was due to take place tomorrow after the board realised there was [...]
McCall: Tomkins can inspire Sarries to Premiership crown February 23, 2014 SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall believes fit again Joel Tomkins will be crucial to his side’s Aviva Premiership run-in, after his starring role in yesterday’s 23-10 win over Exeter Chiefs. Centre Tomkins made his first start since picking up a knee injury on England duty in the autumn as Sarries celebrated Allianz Park’s one-year [...]
Aviva announces turnaround as operating profits hit £1bn August 8, 2013 Aviva has embraced its turnaround as first half operating profits tops a billion pounds thanks to sales increases in key markets despite weakness in Italy and Spain (release). Pre-tax operating profits rose to £1.008bn from £959m in the first half of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012. Basic earnings per share was 22.8p [...]
FTSE firms set to face investors over pay plans April 28, 2014 A CLUTCH of Britain’s biggest companies will this week face their investors, following bruising protest votes at Barclays, Pearson and AstraZeneca last week. FTSE 100 oil explorer Tullow is under the spotlight on Wednesday for its plans to change share awards for directors. Investor advisory group Pirc has said shareholders should oppose the changes, which [...]
City Moves for 07 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 6, 2014 Aviva InvestorsThe asset management business has appointed Katherine Wade to its equity investment team. She has more than 20 years’ experience and joins from Citigroup, where she was an equity sales generalist. Prior to that, Wade held sales and research roles at NatWest Securities and Bankers Trust. Deutsche BankThe bank has announced the appointment of [...]