City Moves for 10 April 2014 | Who’s switching jobs April 9, 2014 Baker Tilly The law firm has announced the appointment of Adam King as head of tax in its Milton Keynes office. He joined in 1999, and specialises in exit and succession planning, profit extraction, capital allowances, and R&D tax credits. KPMG The professional services firm has made two appointments. John Cox joins as a partner in [...]
Rathbones buys £2.8bn private client managers April 1, 2014 RATHBONE Brothers bolstered its private banking business yesterday after spending around £57m on two acquisitions, increasing its assets under management by £2.8bn. The upmarket wealth manager has agreed to buy rival fund manager Jupiter’s private client and charity investment management business for £43.1m, assuming all of its assets are moved over. It has also snapped [...]
Autonomy’s Mike Lynch sets up website to challenge HP December 4, 2012 MIKE LYNCH, the British founder of the software firm Autonomy, has intensified his battle with Hewlett-Packard (HP) by setting up a website to rebut HP’s explosive claims. HP took a $5bn (£3.1bn) writedown last month, saying former Autonomy management had inflated the company’s accounts before the firm’s $11bn sale to HP. Lynch has publicly denied [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 05 September 2013 September 4, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES Dyson to hire hundreds of recruits Dyson has launched its biggest recruitment drive yet with plans to triple the number of engineers taken on this year in the latest sign of a rebounding British economy. The maker of bagless vacuum cleaners, which employs almost 4,500 across three sites in the UK and Asia, [...]
City Moves for 06 February 2014 | Who’s switching jobs February 5, 2014 Baker Tilly The law firm has announced the appointment of Eric Solomons as head of audit for the North West. He has nearly 30 years’ industry experience. Solomons joined the firm in April 2013 from BDO. Old Mutual Global Investors The asset management firm has hired Simon Stratford as chief technology officer. He was previously [...]
City Moves for 29 January 2014 | Who’s switching jobs January 28, 2014 KPMG The professional services firm has announced the appointment of Mike Walters as a partner and head of its financial risk management group. He was most recently at Barclays, where he was global head of compliance. Nikko Asset Management The asset management firm has made two senior appointments. Takuya Koyama has been appointed global head [...]
City Moves for 28 November 2013 | Who’s switching jobs November 27, 2013 Harrington Cooper The fund distribution firm has appointed Henry Foster as sales manager in its discretionary sales team. He joins from Neptune Investment Management. Foster has also held roles at Citigroup Asset Management and Western Asset Management. MassMutual Gary Smith has been appointed head of sovereign wealth funds and official institutions for MassMutual’s asset management [...]
City and sporting stars tee off for 16th annual Tullow golf day September 4, 2013 TO THE green fairways of Sunningdale golf club in Berkshire yesterday, for the 16th annual Tullow Oil golf day, which raises money for charity Clic Sargent. City and celebrity players alike turned out in their plus fours for the game, including rugby player Mike Tindall, Olympic rowers Sir Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent, Tullow founder [...]
City Moves for 24 September 2013 | Who’s switching jobs September 23, 2013 Rockspring The property investment company has announced the appointment of David Thomas as European director responsible for its fund accounting team. Thomas was most recently at PwC, where he spent nine years specialising in investment management and real estate. Barclays The bank has recruited Peter Horrell as chief executive of its wealth and investment management [...]
Blinkx shares boosted by online ad spending during US election February 11, 2013 SHARES in video search engine company Blinkx soared 25.74 per cent yesterday after the company raised its profit forecasts. The firm gave an upbeat trading report for the third quarter and said it now expects full-year revenue to be between $180m (£114.7m) and $185m. This is largely due to increased online advertising on the back [...]