City Moves for 04 November 2014 | Who’s switching jobs November 3, 2014 Edison Investor Access The investment intelligence and access firm has appointed Rachel Carroll (pictured) as global head of investor access and Paul Glover as senior account director. Carroll joins from Ener1, where she was vice president of corporate communications. She has also held roles at both Cowen & Co and Societe Generale. Glover has held [...]
Ascot prepares for a right royal celebration June 2, 2015 THE BEEF’S been ordered, the champagne chilled and the course grass cut to no more than four inches high: It’s just two weeks until Royal Ascot, which is among the best events in the social and racing calendar. Whether you’re making an entrance in one of the 400 helicopters or emerging elegantly from among the [...]
Stephen Hester’s role at risk as offer for RSA looks likely August 2, 2015 RSA boss Stephen Hester was given a hero’s welcome when he was appointed to lead the embattled insurer just over 18 months ago. However, following last week’s revelation that Zurich is mulling an offer for the group, he could be set to leave before finishing what he has started. The former Royal Bank of [...]
Grandeur is at home in Greenwich: The 17th century townhouse that boasts 10 Grade-II listed fireplaces April 9, 2015 Greenwich is one of the most rapidly changing places in London. Five new districts are set to surround its famous white dome, along with a host of restaurants and galleries. If you want to be close to a buzzy, young part of town but old school glamour is more your style, then 14 King William [...]
Insurers fear a £1bn blow from pensions cap as DWP insists saver benefit August 19, 2014 Insurers face a £1bn hit from the new pension fund fee cap which comes in next year, Royal London claimed yesterday – five times above the £200m cost the government predicts over the coming decade. However, the mutual is likely to make little headway complaining about the fees. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) [...]
Apple Pay: How does it work and is it any quicker? A guide for the new contactless payment system July 15, 2015 Apple Pay has finally arrived in the UK. Well, sort of. If you have the right iPhone and the right bank and you shop in the right place and if the sun is shining at just the right angle – then you can use Apple Pay (okay, we made the bit about the sun up). [...]
Mix it up: The best places in the city to sip on a cocktail in the sun June 16, 2015 @philip_salter In the summertime when the weather is fine, you can stretch right up and touch the sky. When the weather’s fine. You got cocktails, you got cocktails on your mind. That’s how the song goes in my head at least, so here’s a smattering of London’s many outdoor watering holes in which to soak [...]
Perfect timing August 23, 2015 Harriet Green talks pub food, capitalism and the importance of shiny things with Watchfinder’s Lloyd Amsdon When I ask Lloyd Amsdon’s seven year-old step-daughter if she knows what an entrepreneur is, she draws a blank. It may be age-related, but there’s no reason why she would have heard the word. “I’m only an entrepreneur when I’m [...]
The City needs smarter regulation – not the stability of the graveyard June 14, 2015 The City of London was firmly in the spotlight last Wednesday with the speeches given by the chancellor and governor of the Bank of England at Mansion House. Aside from the government’s sale of shares in RBS and Royal Mail, behaviour – or more specifically misbehaviour – in the City was the subject that dominated [...]
New race started by Carney’s run April 22, 2015 THERE’S nothing like a race to get the City’s competitive juices flowing – as the London Marathon demonstrates. And this time it’s not just the running The Capitalist is talking about, it’s the sponsorship. With Bank of England governor Mark Carney set to don his trainers on Sunday in aid of Cancer Research UK, the [...]