Hermes Real Estate to lend to property market for first time October 14, 2013 Hermes Real Estate Investment Management Limited is to make its first foray into commercial property lending as the fund manager looks to exploit the gap in the market created by the retreat of bank finance. The company announced yesterday that it has launched the Hermes Real Estate Senior Debt Fund to invest in loans against [...]
Strettle double keeps four-try Saracens on top September 22, 2013 SARACENS director of rugby Mark McCall believes a first half full of effective decision making paved the way for a 31-17 victory over Bath as his side maintained their 100 per cent record in Aviva Premiership Rugby. The Allianz Park outfit had wrapped up the try bonus point in the first 40 minutes thanks to [...]
England squad depleted again as Barritt ruled out for the year September 15, 2013 ENGLAND centre Brad Barritt is set to miss the autumn internationals after being ruled out for the rest of the year with a foot injury. Barritt has undergone surgery on the problem, which first surfaced late last season and flared up again following last week’s Aviva Premiership opener against London Irish. The 27-year-old British and [...]
Energy switch enquiries lift Moneysupermarket November 6, 2013 SWATHES of customers looking to switch energy suppliers boosted Moneysupermarket.com’s revenue 25 per cent in the first few weeks of October. The company, whose website helps customers to compare insurance, utilities and energy prices, reported overall revenue growth for the third quarter to 30 September of five per cent. Moneysupermarket attributed the dramatic increase in [...]
Insurers’ £25bn growth pledge December 3, 2013 SIX CITY insurers have today announced a major investment into UK infrastructure projects, committing £25bn over the next five years. The money, which does not include finance for existing schemes, signals a commitment to new large-scale projects, following the successful negotiation of changes to EU insurance regulation that had been holding back investment. Changes to [...]
O’Shea content to win ugly until Quins hit stride September 12, 2013 PRAGMATIC Harlequins boss Conor O’Shea insists results are all that matters early in the Aviva Premiership season as they prepare to welcome Northampton to the Stoop. Quins were an Andy Goode conversion, which hit the post, away from beginning the new season with defeat to Wasps on Saturday, but escaped from Twickenham with a 16-15 [...]
City Moves for 05 November 2013 | Who’s switching jobs November 4, 2013 RBS The bank’s real estate management division, part of its global restructuring group, has announced the hire of Jessica Way as a senior asset manager. She was most recently at Aviva Investors, where she was a real estate asset manager for its property trust. Chadbourne & Parke The advisory firm has recruited Nikolai Mikhailov as an [...]
McCall relishes Burger display in Sarries romp September 15, 2013 SARACENS boss Mark McCall labelled Jacques Burger brilliant after his all-action display continued their 100 per cent record in Aviva Premiership Rugby yesterday, this time at the expense of Gloucester. The 30-year-old flanker, involved from the first whistle to the last as Sarries ran out 44-12 winners at Allianz Park, was the victim of a [...]
Aviva-derci as pay row exec leaves insurer February 7, 2013 TREVOR Matthews, the Aviva executive whose £4m “golden hello” helped provoke a brutal pay row at the insurer, is to leave the company after just 14 months, it was revealed yesterday. His departure is part of the first board shake-up under the group’s new chief executive Mark Wilson, who has inherited a company in the [...]
Rugby tightens salary cap rules October 8, 2013 ENGLAND’S top rugby union clubs have agreed to tighten regulations on salary caps in a bid to ensure no teams are cheating the system. Premiership Rugby now has the power to undertake an investigatory audit in addition to the standard salary cap audit in order to root out financial cheats. The organisation, which represents the [...]