CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 5, 2011 Merchant Securities Lindsey Hamilton, formerly head of wealth management at WH Ireland Group, has been appointed as sales director of Merchant Securities Wealth Management. In addition, Chris Theis will join Merchant Securities Limited in August as head of institutional sales and research, moving from Daniel Stewart & Co. AXA Real Estate The real estate manager [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 23, 2010 iShares The exchange-traded funds platform of BlackRock, iShares, has promoted David Gardner to the newly created role of head of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He will be based in London and report to EMEA managing director Joe Linhares. Gardner has worked at iShares for a decade in locations across Asia [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 23, 2010 iShares The exchange-traded funds platform of BlackRock, iShares, has promoted David Gardner to the newly created role of head of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He will be based in London and report to EMEA managing director Joe Linhares. Gardner has worked at iShares for a decade in locations across Asia [...]
Get ready for changes in bank sector November 23, 2010 CUSTOMER confidence in the banks is low. You would therefore think that the time was ripe for new entrants to the banking market. There was a time when scarcely a week went by without somebody saying they were about to become a bank. Tesco, Virgin and Metro Bank are lining up to offer the full [...]
LISTING July 1, 2010 Q.I would one day like to float my company, what steps should I implement to prepare for this? A.Before you list on a stock market like Aim you have to be assessed by a nomad, a nominated advisor such as an investment bank, corporate finance firm or accountancy firm. The nomad will look at your [...]
LISTING July 1, 2010 Q.I would one day like to float my company, what steps should I implement to prepare for this? A.Before you list on a stock market like Aim you have to be assessed by a nomad, a nominated advisor such as an investment bank, corporate finance firm or accountancy firm. The nomad will look at your [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 20, 2010 KPMG Kathryn Britten has joined the accountancy firm as a partner and chairman of its growing forensic practice. Britten has over 30 years of audit and accountancy experience and specialises in professional negligence and commercial dispute issues. She joins KPMG from rival BDO, where she has been the national head of their forensic accounting and [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 20, 2010 KPMG Kathryn Britten has joined the accountancy firm as a partner and chairman of its growing forensic practice. Britten has over 30 years of audit and accountancy experience and specialises in professional negligence and commercial dispute issues. She joins KPMG from rival BDO, where she has been the national head of their forensic accounting and [...]
TRIBUNALS March 25, 2010 Q. I am being taken to a tribunal by my employee, how can I best prepare for it? A.The earlier you take advice the better, according to Martina Murphy, a barrister and also a member of the Federation for Small Businesses’ employment committee. And you don’t have to go to a lawyer to get advice. [...]
Payments firm seeks banking licence as industry shake-up gathers momentum February 22, 2010 A UK payments firm is applying for a banking licence to provide a full range of bank services to businesses, joining a growing list of firms targeting the area as the industry reshapes after the financial crisis. Voice Commerce Group, an unlisted payments firm that is interested in buying bigger rival RBS WorldPay, said on [...]