These are 2016’s top 100 influential leaders in fintech (part 2 of 4) December 7, 2016 City A.M. is publishing Hot Topics' top 100 fintech influential leaders list for 2016, supported by 360Leaders. This is part 2 of 4, in alphabetical order. Part 1 is here. For part 3 visit this link, and this is where you can view part 4. The most influential fintech leaders in 2016, E to J Eileen [...]
These are 2016’s top 100 influential leaders in fintech (part 1 of 4) December 7, 2016 It is no secret that the financial services industry continues to be transformed by the digital revolution. According to PWC, roughly 20% of financial services business is at risk of disruption to fintech companies by 2020. It follows that investment into the sector continues to rise. In 2015, funding of fintech businesses more than doubled [...]
The City remain top dog for charitable activity December 17, 2015 Lord Mountevans, Lord Mayor of the City of London, on the City’s charitable highlights The year is drawing to a close and for the City, it has been a fantastic year for charitable outreach. In addition to promoting the City as a global centre for financial and professional services, I will be picking up the baton from my [...]
Slimmed corporate travel budgets have hit London’s hotel sector September 22, 2016 Corporate uncertainty and tight travel budgets took their toll on hotels in the capital during the first half of the year, according to figures from PwC. Occupancy rates are forecast to have declined by 1.8 per cent this year to 81 per cent for London-based hotels and are expected to drop again by 0.8 per cent [...]
Editor’s notes: The great Civil Service myth, and why it’s time to shake things up… January 6, 2017 Though probably not on your daily reading list, Dominic Cummings (former adviser to Michael Gove and a top dog in the official Leave campaign) writes a fascinating blog. In between posts on artificial intelligence, super-computing and advanced physics, you’ll find reflections on his time working at the Department for Education as Gove’s senior adviser. If you [...]
BBC’s £60m hotel bill: 2016 on track to be highest on record for money spent on accommodation for guests and staff October 10, 2016 The BBC has spent nearly £60m on hotels for guests and staff in less than seven years, City A.M. can reveal. New figures for the corporation’s annual hotel bill show that over £5.8m was spent in the first half of 2016. If this level of spending continues for the rest of the year, the BBC [...]
Spirit of the financial age – 30 years after the City’s Big Bang October 27, 2016 The Big Bang City revolution of 1986 — exactly thirty years ago — was a game-changer that allowed the City to become not only de-regulated but a brave new world of graduate opportunity. Today, it is very different: with much tightened regulation, tough new ‘ring fencing’ of the old casino banking system (separating investment banking [...]
The City will remain at the vanguard of financial innovation post-Brexit November 24, 2016 A year ago, London Stock Exchange celebrated the first Green Bond from China to be listed internationally, a landmark renminbi and dollar issuance by the Agricultural Bank of China. I wrote here at the time how London was leading the world in financing the global shift to a low carbon economy – a transition endorsed [...]
Why could digital tech reach over $2.7 trillion by 2020? January 30, 2017 Whether it’s big data, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud storage or cyber security, the effects of digital technology development are all around us. Recognised as the third industrial revolution, we are experiencing one of the most transformative periods in history. Digital – transforming our industrial society In 2001, a group of software developers met at the [...]
Canadian group Jackpotjoy goes for bingo with IPO on London Stock Exchange in October September 6, 2016 Canadian online bingo firm Intertain Group rebranded today and has set early to mid-October as its deadline to float on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Intertain has taken the name of its largest business unit, Jackpotjoy, under which it will trade in the UK. The group’s market capitalisation on the Toronto Stock Exchange is CA$744m [...]