Keane injury adds further complications for Ireland October 10, 2011 REPUBLIC of Ireland striker Robbie Keane has been ruled out of tonight’s pivotal Euro 2012 qualifier against Armenia at the Aviva Stadium. Giovanni Trapattoni’s side need just a point to guarantee a play-off spot, but victory coupled with Andorra securing an unlikely win over Russia would see Ireland qualify outright for their first major tournament [...]
Greenwood: England must utilise Foden and Ashton September 12, 2011 FORMER England centre Will Greenwood has urged Martin Johnson’s side to throw off the shackles and return to the expansive style of rugby that saw them brush Australia aside last autumn if they are to make a major impact at the World Cup. The error-strewn performance against Argentina on Saturday could not have been further [...]
Daniels cut from Aviva list March 20, 2011 FORMER Lloyds chief executive Eric Daniels has been dropped from the shortlist for insurance group Aviva’s chairmanship after an outcry from shareholders. Some of the company’s biggest investors complained after news last week that Daniels, who stepped down from Lloyds last month, could succeed Lord Sharman when he leaves in 2013. Daniels has been criticised [...]
Aviva puts RAC arm up for sale March 24, 2011 ROADSIDE rescue business RAC has been put up for sale by its insurance owner Aviva as it divests non-core parts of the company. The RAC’s value has been placed at about £600-700m, just over half the £1.1bn Aviva paid for it in 2005, after a series of sell-offs of its parts, including the BSM driving [...]
FUND MANAGER | OF THE YEAR September 21, 2011 MARTIN GILBERT ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT Aberdeen edged ahead thanks to a jump of 54 per cent in pre-tax profits in the six months to March. The firm has had to limit the rapid growth of emerging markets funds to prevent them becoming unmanageable. SHORTLIST M&G Investments Aviva Investors Schroders Jupiter Fund Management
FTSE falls as Italian bond yields take toll November 14, 2011 European markets were jittery as investors watched a radical overhaul of the political hierarchies in Italy and Greece aimed at ushering in a new economic dawn in the Eurozone. Italy’s president asked former European commissioner Mario Monti on Sunday to form a government, while Greece’s new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, a former central banker who [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS December 20, 2011 Barclays Wealth Wellian Wiranto has been appointed as Asia economist at Barclays Wealth’s Singapore office. As a member of the Barclays Wealth global investment strategy group, Wiranto will also focus on interpreting market economics for private banking clients in the region. Prior to joining Barclays Wealth, Wiranto worked at HSBC Bank in Singapore as its [...]
END OF AN ERA AS CITY SAYS FAREWELL TO TOP LINKLATERS PARTNER September 22, 2011 IT WAS “hangover central” in the City yesterday, said one mole, thanks to some enthusiastic networking at the City A.M. awards that continued into the early hours of Thursday morning in the basement nightclub in the Grange Hotel at St Paul’s. However, the retirement party for Linklaters senior partner David Cheyne on the same evening [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 8, 2011 Cushman & Wakefield The property consultant has appointed business consulting real estate executive Neil McLocklin as a partner and head of its EMEA business consulting group, based in London. He joins from Capita Symonds, where he was director of consultancy and advisory services. In addition, Elizaveta Shaforostova will transfer to the London team from C&M’s [...]
Aviva profit jumps by a quarter March 3, 2011 Aviva reported a forecast-beating 26 per cent increase in 2010 profit, helped by cost cuts and stronger sales of high-margin life policies. Aviva, Britain’s second-biggest insurer by market value, said it made a 2010 operating profit of £2.55bn, up from £2.02bn pounds the previous year. Analysts had expected a profit of 2.44bn, according to the [...]