City Moves for 21 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs September 20, 2015 LEGAL & GENERAL PROPERTY Stephen Murden has been appointed residential development manager in Legal & General Investment Management’s real assets division. He joins from CBRE, where he was director of development and project management. Murden has 15 years’ experience in the sector. ICBC STANDARD BANK Raj Kumar has been appointed head of precious metals business [...]
Sadiq Khan shows Jeremy Corbyn how to reach out to business October 27, 2015 On a national level, Labour’s relationship with the business community is under serious strain. The party’s plans for nationalisations, interventions and higher taxes has left many of the country’s employers and wealth creators wondering what ever happened to those on the left who recognised the benefits of a thriving private sector economy. Fortunately, hope is [...]
City Moves for 22 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs September 21, 2015 LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Katharine Photiou has been appointed head of workplace defined contribution, product and proposition, at the investment management firm. She joins from Barclays, where she was head of workplace savings. Photiou has also held roles at Mercer and Friends Provident, latterly as head of defined contribution corporate strategy and design. JP [...]
UK hotels score at Rugby World Cup October 1, 2015 Wales wasn’t the only victor last weekend. Hotels also shared in the Rugby World Cup fever and enjoyed a surge in demand as fans flocked to host cities around the UK. Online searches for hotel rooms in London between 24 and 28 September – when England played Wales at Twickenham stadium – surged by [...]
Alan Johnson talks Labour’s relationship with business, its prospects in 2020 and the EU referendum January 25, 2016 Labour is a party in disarray. Under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, it is struggling to connect with the public and earn back the confidence of business. Some polls have Labour commanding just 25 per cent of the national vote. And it does not help that the party’s MPs seem constantly embroiled in public rows [...]
Aim awards 2015: Junior market reaches fever pitch at the London Stock Exchange October 9, 2015 Awards season is officially in full swing, and the team behind Aim at the London Stock Exchange sure know how to party. About 1,300 guests from Aim-listed companies, as well as brokers, bankers, analysts, corporate advisers and fund managers descended on Old Billingsgate to celebrate the secondary index’s 20th award ceremony, sponsored by PwC. Fancy [...]
City Moves for 07 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs September 6, 2015 Gravis capital partners The investment adviser and manager to GCP Infrastructure Investments and GCP Student Living has announced the appointment of Nicholas Barker as co-lead fund manager to GCP Student Living. Barker was previously head of alternative real estate at Schroder Real Estate for eight years, and has many years of fund management experience across [...]
Construction on EDF’s Hinkley Point nuclear plant to begin “within weeks” after China deal is announced October 21, 2015 Construction on the UK's first nuclear power plant in a generation could begin "within weeks" after a multi-billion pound deal between France's EDF and China General Nuclear Power Corporation. EDF will take a 66.5 per cent stake in Hinkley Point C in Somerset, while China General Nuclear Corporation will take 33.5 per cent. EDF intends [...]
City Moves for 15 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs September 14, 2015 Societe Generale Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking has announced two appointments in its global finance division. Alvaro Huete (pictured) becomes deputy head of global finance and head of global finance for the UK. He was previously global head of syndications and has also worked at Nomura, Banco Urquijo and Lloyds Bank. Terence Shanahan, previously [...]
City Moves for 24 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs September 23, 2015 ALLIANZ GLOBAL CORPORATE & SPECIALTY Brian Kirwan has been appointed chief executive of Allianz’s UK corporate and specialty insurance business. He joined the company in 2011, and was most recently regional unit London head of market management and communications. Kirwan has also previously held executive positions in the Allianz risk transfer division. LEGAL & GENERAL [...]