PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR July 29, 2012 TODAY we kick off the countdown to the City A.M. Awards with the first of the shortlists – for Personality of the Year. Our awards, now in their third year, have established themselves as a key part of the business calendar, celebrating all of the City’s main sectors and the people that make sure London [...]
Hel-Yeah January 13, 2013 YOU can’t see much from the back of a twin-engine Bell 212 helicopter when it’s packed with eleven adventurous skiers. Resembling ski-masked marines on a mission, we sit opposite each other, tightly buckled into our seats as we fly through the Canadian Rockies in spectacular fashion. Heli-skiing is the ultimate off-piste, backcountry skiing experience, in [...]
DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR August 1, 2012 INVESTMENT bankers have had a difficult year, with London’s IPO market virtually closed, and M&A deals few and far between. Our fourth short-list for the third annual City A.M. awards, though, highlights some superb individual performances in such difficult markets. Jonathan Rowley, for example, was on at least three M&A deals in just one week [...]
Arsenal and Chelsea to cancel each other out at the Emirates September 27, 2012 ARSENAL are in the middle of a tricky set of fixtures but they were impressive at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday against champions Manchester City and thoroughly deserved their point. The Gunners are playing with far more confidence this season and they are solid at the back, except for their suspect zonal defending at corners. [...]
PROFILE: WALGREENS’ NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS June 19, 2012 STEFANO PESSINA, ALLIANCE BOOTS ALLIANCE Boots’ executive chairman shows no sign of slowing down despite celebrating his 71st birthday earlier this year. Speaking to reporters yesterday he reaffirmed his commitment to the firm and said he was excited to be taking an eight per cent stake in Walgreens: “I really believe in this company and [...]
Walgreens in bid to attract UK investors June 24, 2012 AMERICAN pharmacy Walgreens will kick off a series of high-level meetings with UK investors today in a bid to increase institutional interest in the US-listed company, following its £4.3bn initial takeover deal with Alliance Boots. Chief executive Gregory Wasson has arrived in the country to sound out institutional investors, such as large UK pension funds, [...]
Much racism has been booted out but don’t give up December 21, 2011 AS FOOTBALL settles down to the news that two of its stars are being disciplined over racist epithets hurled on the field of play, it could seem like a return to the bad old days, when clear racism was a regrettably commonplace part of the game. The decision by an independent regulatory commission of the [...]
City Moves | Who’s switching Jobs August 15, 2012 Troika Dialog The investment banking division of Sberbank has appointed Dean Tyler as managing director, head of international fixed income sales. He joins its London office from VTB Capital, where he was head of its fixed income sales team. Tyler has also held senior roles at ING Bank and F&C Asset Management. Scottish Widows Investment [...]
City A.M. Awards 2012 Winners October 17, 2012 City A.M.'s third annual awards celebrating the best and brightest of London's business, financial and investment communities. Over 500 guests from 116 different firms attended the celebration, held at the Grange Hotel in St Paul's. PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR Lord CoeLocog chairman Former Olympic middle distance runner and politician Lord Coe was a clear stand-out [...]
It’s far from all over for the bulge bracket banks June 25, 2012 ONE of the many surprises of the Walgreens pharmacy chain bid for 45 per cent of Boots was the choice of advisers. For sure, Walgreens had bulge bracket firm Goldman Sachs on the case but it also took advice from the independent firm Lazard. And on the other side of the deal, Alliance Boots and [...]