HMRC’s tax probes drag on says law firm RPC September 20, 2015 HMRC takes over a year to wrap up almost a quarter of the 115,000 local tax compliance investigations open at any one time, a City law firm has said. Lawyers RPC today released figures showing that HMRC’s local compliance unit had more than 115,000 investigations ongoing against individual taxpayers and businesses as of March [...]
Best of the Brokers for 04 August 2015 August 4, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com BG GROUP Canaccord Genuity reiterated its “hold” rating on the oil company after it produced better-than-expected results for the second quarter. The broker also noted that the firm’s strong performance sees production guidance for the full year set at the upper end of [...]
Best of the Brokers for 2 July 2015 July 1, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com LAMPRELL Numis reiterated its “buy” recommendation on the oil rig construction specialist, following its contract award update. The broker previously highlighted four material contracts that the firm was bidding on, and it has since won the contract Numis believed it was least likely [...]
City Moves for 17 June 2015 | Who’s switching jobs June 16, 2015 CRUX Asset Management The fund manager has appointed Karen Zachary as chief operating officer. She has 20 years’ experience in asset management, and has held positions at Henderson Global Investors, Man Group, Fidelity International and New Star Asset Management. EY Chris Gould has been appointed partner and head of the professional services firm’s cybercrime team [...]
HMRC pays out its highest ever amount to tax whistleblowers June 14, 2015 HMRC paid a record amount to tax informants in the year ending 31 March, City law firm RPC said today. The state tax collector paid out £605,000, up 50 per cent on the previous year. Experts suggest it is because of increased awareness of the rewards available for information. “HMRC does not widely publicise the [...]
City Moves for 16 April 2015 | Who’s switching jobs April 15, 2015 Ashurst The law firm has appointed Sarah Morton-Ramwell as global pro bono partner. She joins from Reed Smith, where she was responsible for its pro bono and corporate responsibility projects in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Old Mutual Global Investors The asset management firm has appointed David Cameron-Mowat as UK equity analyst. He joins [...]
City Moves for 12 March 2015 | Who’s switching jobs March 11, 2015 Edmond de Rothschild Olivier Colom has been appointed head of the private banking and asset management group’s new General Secretariat, responsible for ensuring the Executive Committee’s decisions are implemented. He joined Edmond de Rothschild in 2013 as an international adviser, and has previously served as an adviser to the President of France and in various [...]
Court fee hike will undermine London’s position, says RPC March 1, 2015 THE GOVERNMENT’S proposal to increase court fees will undermine London’s position as a global centre of dispute resolution, according to a new report by City law firm RPC. The report, released today, claims research undertaken by the Ministry of Justice revealed 61 per cent of the commercial lawyers surveyed believe the government’s plans to increase [...]
City Moves for 12 February 2015 | Who’s switching jobs February 11, 2015 Lloyds Bank Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has announced the appointment of Christopher Sood-Nicholls as managing director. He joined in 2000, and has since held management roles in IT operations, executive management and corporate development at the bank. BlackRock The investment management firm has appointed Deborah Winshel to lead its impact investing platform. She was formerly [...]
City Moves for 04 February 2015 | Who’s switching jobs February 3, 2015 Towers Watson The professional services firm has appointed Joris Wonders as practice leader for its rewards business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He re-joins Towers Watson from Kingfisher, where he launched new bonus and long-term incentive plans. F&C Investments The investment firm has announced the appointment of Alex Howe as sales director in [...]