Travelex boss to buy The Office in £43.3m deal September 5, 2010 LLOYD DORFMAN, founder of currency exchange Travelex, is to acquire serviced office company The Office Group for £43.3m. Dorfman is acquiring the company from Bridges Ventures, the private equity firm launched by Sir Ronald Cohen and dedicated to urban regeneration. Dorfman will take over a portfolio of six sites in London and one in Bristol, [...]
Brit recommends CVC and Apollo bid September 19, 2010 BRIT Insurance has recommended shareholders accept an £850m offer after buyout firm CVC Capital Partners on Friday agreed to link up with original bidder Apollo Management. Lloyd’s of London insurers, which offer cover against large-scale risks such as natural disasters, have emerged as potential takeover targets because cyclically low insurance prices have weighed heavily on [...]
EX-SEYMOUR PIERCE BOSS TO LAUNCH NEW ADVISORY VENTURE November 1, 2010 A FEW short months ago, this column brought you murmurs that corporate financier Richard Feigen – who resigned as managing director of broker Seymour Pierce at the beginning of the year after an internal investigation, admitting that errors had occurred in a transaction he was overseeing – was mulling a return to the City. Fast [...]
EX-SEYMOUR PIERCE BOSS TO LAUNCH NEW ADVISORY VENTURE November 1, 2010 A FEW short months ago, this column brought you murmurs that corporate financier Richard Feigen – who resigned as managing director of broker Seymour Pierce at the beginning of the year after an internal investigation, admitting that errors had occurred in a transaction he was overseeing – was mulling a return to the City. Fast [...]
Coup at HSBC September 23, 2010 HSBC CHIEF executive Michael Geoghegan is set to step down from his role before the end of the year to make way for investment banker Stuart Gulliver, after a boardroom coup that will rock the banking sector. Geoghegan’s ego will be dealt a further blow with the appointment of HSBC’s finance director Douglas Flint as [...]
Steady does it as Lloyd’s of London reveals review February 7, 2010 LLOYD’S of London, the insurance and reinsurance market, will publish plans to strengthen its ties with insurance brokers today as it gears up for a profitable reporting season. In a sweeping strategic review, Lloyd’s will salute its members’ resilience in the face of the financial crisis and remark that its subscription-based model has held up [...]
CITY EYE January 11, 2010 Inside the Lloyds of London “Inside-Out” Building things are looking up,with a dizzying view of the atrium
PETTIGREW CALLS ALL ABOARD FOR STEAM RIDE October 5, 2010 IT was all aboard at Tower Pier last night as City bigwig Jim Pettigrew added an unusual venture to his impressive CV, which includes stints at Marks and Spencer, CMC Markets, Icap and, in his current role, Aberdeen Investment Managers. Pettigrew played host as fellow City figures arrived to experience his latest venture: the relaunch [...]
Lloyd’s insurers in Stanford case August 23, 2010 Lloyd’s of London insurers will today try to save themselves $100m (£64m) in payouts to alleged fraudster Allen Stanford and his three associates by proving they are guilty of money laundering. Establishing guilt would mean the insurance companies will be able to begin clawing back the Stanford Financial?Group executives’ legal bills. Stanford, Laura Pendergest-Holt, Gilbert [...]
Lloyd’s insurers in Stanford case August 23, 2010 Lloyd’s of London insurers will today try to save themselves $100m (£64m) in payouts to alleged fraudster Allen Stanford and his three associates by proving they are guilty of money laundering. Establishing guilt would mean the insurance companies will be able to begin clawing back the Stanford Financial?Group executives’ legal bills. Stanford, Laura Pendergest-Holt, Gilbert [...]