LUKE JOHNSON ENDORSES LAUNCH FOR THE CITY’S BEST-CONNECTED November 28, 2011 ARE YOU fed up with receiving endless invitations to “connect” with people you have never met on digitally promiscuous social networking sites? Then Ndoorse, the new network for high-quality professionals founded by ex-Deloitte strategy consultant Jeremy Weil and JC Rathbone director Kristian Rathbone is perhaps for you. The only problem is that the City-meets-entrepreneurs network, [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 10, 2011 Sciens Sciens Fund of Funds Management Holdings has appointed Alex Allen as senior portfolio manager in Sciens’ fund of hedge funds business. Based in the London office, he will report to Stavros Siokos, president of the Sciens fund of hedge funds and managed account platform businesses. Prior to joining Sciens, Allen was a co-founder and [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 10, 2011 Sciens Sciens Fund of Funds Management Holdings has appointed Alex Allen as senior portfolio manager in Sciens’ fund of hedge funds business. Based in the London office, he will report to Stavros Siokos, president of the Sciens fund of hedge funds and managed account platform businesses. Prior to joining Sciens, Allen was a co-founder and [...]
EX-BP CHIEF ENERGISES WELL-OILED GALA NIGHT November 20, 2011 THE OIL Council’s gala dinner was a slick affair, with commodities executives summoning the energy to fly in from the world’s exploration powerhouses: Houston, South Africa, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and, last but not least, Aberdeen. The 650 oilmen were among the first to take advantage of the Tower of London’s semi-permanent marquee, erected over the [...]
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 [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 4, 2011 PwC Andrew Sentance has been appointed as a senior economic adviser at PwC, following his retirement as a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, effective from 7 November. Prior to serving on the MPC from October 2006 to May 2011, Sentance’s roles included director of economic affairs at the CBI, director of [...]
UK business slams Barnier audit reforms November 30, 2011 A number of business groups, including the CBI, yesterday slammed Michel Barnier’s proposals to shake up the audit market, saying they were “the latest in a long line of unnecessary distractions coming out of Brussels that would only serve to add to business costs”. Matthew Fell, director for competitive markets at the CBI, the employers’ [...]
WHO’S WHO: CABINET RESHUFFLE October 16, 2011 JUSTINE GREENING TRANSPORT SECRETARY PHILIP HAMMOND DEFENCE SECRETARY CHLOE SMITH ECONOMIC SECRETARY SAJID JAVID GEORGE OSBORNE’S PPS Promoted to the cabinet from the junior economic secretary role, Greening faces several challenges. She has to continue the high-speed rail argument, tackle London’s airport problems – having opposed a new Heathrow runway – and establish her place [...]
Businesses can help transform our communities September 28, 2011 AS LONDON and the world gears up for London 2012, there has never been a greater opportunity for the business world to create a lasting social and economic legacy. As politicians search for answers to stimulate growth, enterprise comes up time and time again as a solution. Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy [...]
US is probing Chinese firms September 29, 2011 CHINESE stocks listed in the US plunged last night after an official said the justice department is probing accounting irregularities at such firms. Criminal and civil charges could be brought as a result of the investigation, suggested Robert Khuzami, director of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission. “There are parts of the Justice Department [...]