HOW JAMES MURDOCH CAN TRUMP BROOKS’S August 31, 2011 GOOD NEWS for anyone looking forward to joining James Murdoch at the bar of the prestigious gentlemen’s club Brooks’s, as its secretary Graham Snell has confirmed all is not yet lost for the News Corp heir’s membership application. As those of you who read The Capitalist’s original story on 9 August will recall, things were [...]
BANKERS SWAP CITY FOR DIY AND CAMPFIRES February 15, 2011 NEVER let it be said that the City is averse to getting a little dirt under its fingernails. On 12-13 March members of the banking community will be doing just that at Havens Hospices annual “I’m a banker…get me outta here!” event to raise money for the organisation’s hospices in Essex. Over the weekend, teams [...]
BANKERS SWAP CITY FOR DIY AND CAMPFIRES February 15, 2011 NEVER let it be said that the City is averse to getting a little dirt under its fingernails. On 12-13 March members of the banking community will be doing just that at Havens Hospices annual “I’m a banker…get me outta here!” event to raise money for the organisation’s hospices in Essex. Over the weekend, teams [...]
FISHY FAVOURITES IN THE CITY February 14, 2011 CATCH AT ANDAZ The Andaz hotel’s grand 1901 restaurant tends to get the attention, but Catch is worth a visit for its fresh, expertly-cooked seafood. Menu highlights include confit of Arctic salmon with duck egg and spinach gnocchi, and pan roasted brill cutlet with octopus, fennel and sepia ink risotto. 40 Liverpool St, EC2M 7QN. [...]
Bermuda March 14, 2011 BEST BEACH All along our fine shores you can find beaches bathed in pink sand, made from finely pulverized remains of calcium carbonate shells and skeletons of invertebrates such as corals and clams. The pink sand makes the already poetic scenery that much harder to resist. Once you step foot on Horseshoe Bay Beach you [...]
It’s bargain time for Square Mile renters July 1, 2010 WITH prices still slightly down from their 2008 heights, now is the time to get into the London rental market if you or your company are looking for non-permanent living space in the capital. Traditionally, demand grows as the summer wears on and with the property market picking up, prices are only going to go [...]
Time-saving tips from the City’s experts April 13, 2011 LIFE in the City is pretty special. Its workers are part of a global powerhouse, working harder and faster than most and pushed to the limits to deliver for their firms and customers. It’s certainly hard work, but it is often the adrenaline and pace that comes with it that makes what the Square Mile [...]
UBS wealth team moves to the City January 11, 2011 SWISS bank UBS is moving its UK wealth management headquarters from Mayfair to its office space within the Square Mile. The move will bring the bank’s business units in London closer together, with the wealth management division moving into the same building as UBS’ investment bank at 3 Finsbury Avenue, near Liverpool Street station. The [...]
Osborne wins Square Mile’s quiet approval June 16, 2010 CITY figures cautiously welcomed chancellor George Osborne’s decision to restore financial regulation to the Bank of England last night, but urged him to think carefully about the shift. Osborne said oversight of UK-based high street lenders, investment banks, building societies and insurers would be the responsibility of a new body under the control of the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 24, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BARCLAYS AT CENTRE OF LIBOR INQUIRY Barclays is emerging as a key focus of the US and UK regulatory probe into alleged rigging of benchmark interbank lending rates that are the reference point for $350,000bn in financial products, people familiar with the investigation said. Investigators are probing whether communications between the bank’s traders [...]