Experts pour cold water on CMA’s proposals for joint audits in first Beis committee hearing January 15, 2019 Audit academics and investment managers have called for caution over recommendations by the competition regulator to shake-up the audit sector. During the first in a series of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee hearings, held today, witnesses warned that the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) recommendation could risk unintended consequences for auditing. Led by [...]
Queen’s Birthday Honours: the full 2021 list June 12, 2021 Below the full list of names for this year ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) The Rt. Hon. Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, The Earl Howe. For political and parliamentary service. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire) ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) [...]
A change in Spain’s tax laws could make buying La Liga players easier for Premier League clubs such as Manchester United October 22, 2016 Premier League clubs shopping for new players in Spain will enjoy increased purchasing power in future transfer windows thanks to a ruling passed by Spanish tax authorities this week. La Liga stars who have been linked with a move to England such as Athletic Bilbao’s Oscar De Marcos or Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann may now be [...]
The effect Brexit will have on football, the Premier League and clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and others June 24, 2016 Premier League clubs could be forced to drastically change their approach to the transfer market after Britain voted to leave the EU, with a multitude of current Premier League stars ineligible for the work permits required of non-European Economic Area players. The free movement afforded to European Union citizens has enabled clubs to bring players such as [...]
City Moves for 12 November 2014 | Who’s switching jobs November 11, 2014 Kames Capital Craig Bonthron has been appointed investment manager in the investment management firm’s global equity team. He joins from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, where he was an investment director and joint manager of the Swip Global Sustainability Equity and Global Islamic Equity funds. Herbert Smith Freehills James Palmer has been appointed senior partner and [...]
Syria airstrike vote 2015: Here’s how your MP voted December 3, 2015 Last night MPs voted in favour of the UK beginning airstrikes against Islamic State (Isis) with an overwhelming majority of 397 votes to 223, following a gruelling 10-hour debate in the House of Commons. The move was controversial, with huge numbers of people protesting against military intervention. Some Labour MPs claimed they were being intimidated to [...]
City Moves for 19 March 2014 | Who’s switching jobs March 18, 2014 Lambert Smith Hampton The commercial property consultancy has made three appointments to its national valuation team. Matthew Lemin (right) joins as an associate director in its valuation division. He was most recently at GL Hearn, and has previously worked at Cushman & Wakefield. Riaan Fourie joins as an associate director from DTZ. Matthew Armstrong joins as a [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 24 June 2014 June 23, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Labour to take on outsourcing groups Labour will mount an assault on big outsourcing companies if it wins the election, reducing their role in delivering the government’s back-to-work programme and exploring a plan to force them to pay all workers above the minimum wage in exchange for Whitehall contracts. The proposals are the [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 13, 2012 Kleinwort Benson Clive Wright has been appointed head of private wealth management offshore at the private bank. He will report to Stephen Rothwell, head of private wealth management. Wright joined in January 2012 from Deutsche Bank, where he was head of its private wealth management division. Credit Agricole Xavier Musca has been appointed executive vice [...]
ADVISERS ROTHSCHILD May 3, 2012 JENNIFER YU HEAD OF GREATER CHINA BRIGHT Foods was advised by Rothschild and Linklaters’ teams in Britain and China. Rothschild’s team here was made up of Akeel Sachak, global head of consumer, Robert Plowman, Jessica Gretton and Abhishek Wahi. In China the deal was led by Jennifer Yu, Rothschild’s head of Greater China, and Ting-Jie [...]