City Moves for 22 June 2015 | Who’s switching jobs June 21, 2015 Millstream Management Services Simon Crewe has been appointed managing director of the retirement development manager. He has over 25 years’ experience in the industry, and has also served as managing director of Goldsborough Estates, part of Bupa UK. JLT Re Craig Brokenshire has been appointed global chief operating officer at the reinsurance broking and consultancy [...]
Mansion House Speech 2015: Chancellor George Osborne will start government RBS sell off as soon as possible June 10, 2015 In his annual Mansion House Speech this evening, chancellor George Osborne announced that the government will begin to sell off its stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), even is it is at a loss. He said a “decision point” had been reached, and that it was in the interest of taxpayers to [...]
IPOs back on: Goldman takes Equiniti to market May 21, 2015 One of the UK’s biggest outsourcing companies Equiniti has appointed Goldman Sachs for a £1bn-plus float in London later this year, underscoring the renewed appetite for initial public offerings (IPOs) after the General Election. The company is hoping to issue shares worth between £400m and £500m in the offering, which could value the business at [...]
City Moves for 9 June 2015 | Who’s switching jobs June 8, 2015 Deloitte Jonathan Gray has been appointed partner in the business advisory firm’s London-based financial services consultancy practice. A fintech expert, he has over 20 years’ experience working across retail banking, wealth management, credit cards and insurance. Tilney Bestinvest The investment and financial planning group has appointed Stuart Layzell as chief financial officer. He began his [...]
London Report: Lloyds and Centrica pull down FTSE but Shell prevents rout July 31, 2014 BRITAIN’S top equity index yesterday fell as Lloyds Bank pulled down financial stocks, while concerns about the impact on Europe from tensions between Russia and Ukraine also made traders wary. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed down by 0.6 per cent, or 43.33 points, at 6,730.11 points. Shares in Lloyds, which had risen for the [...]
City Moves for 25 June 2015 | Who’s switching jobs June 24, 2015 Nexus CIFS The trade credit insurer has announced the appointment of two commercial underwriters. Gavin Brown joins from Euler Hermes UK, where he has been working since 2006, most recently as an account manager. Philip Oldfield (pictured) has held roles at Aon and Amlin Credit. Artemis Ed Legget is joining the investment management firm to [...]
Check out Virgin Money’s Sex Pistols credit cards June 9, 2015 "Cause I wanna be anarchy … it's the only way to be," sang punk band the Sex Pistols over thirty years ago. Now, though, it looks like their artwork will be gracing something vital to the smooth functioning of a modern society… Richard Branson-backed Virgin Money, which floated on the London Stock Exchange in November, has unveiled [...]
City Moves for 08 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 7, 2015 Cording Real Estate Group The real estate investment management firm has appointed Ewan Montgomery as director of investment in its London office. He joins from Aberdeen Asset Management, where he was a property fund director. Montgomery has also held roles at CBRE. Lloyds Banking Group Richard Jones has been appointed managing director for Black Horse [...]
City Moves for 05 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 4, 2015 Lloyds Bank Kash Ahmad has been appointed managing director for mid markets in Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s global transaction banking division. He previously worked at Barclays Bank for 21 years years, latterly as managing director of inward business for its global corporates division. Mayer Brown The law firm has announced the appointment of David Harrison [...]
City Moves for 3 June 2015 | Who’s switching jobs June 2, 2015 Fairstone Group The financial advisory business has appointed Hannah McGivern as marketing manager. She joins from Gardiner Richardson, a creative communications agency, and has also held positions at Bond Dickinson and Newcastle Science City. MSCI Antti Savilaakso has been appointed European head of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) research at the research-based indexes and [...]