London has never been this important to the UK economy | City A.M. March 17, 2013 IT is an astonishing story. London’s share of the UK’s economic output has just reached an all-time high of 21.9 per cent. Yes, that’s right, despite the crisis, and the City’s woes, London accounts for more of Britain’s economy that at any time in recorded history. The last time it came close was in 1911, [...]
Letters to the editor February 5, 2013 Bank ringfencing [Re: Ringfencing is the wrong solution to the wrong problem, yesterday] It’s right to point out that Northern Rock, HBOS, and Bradford and Bingley were largely retail banks. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a problem to solve. Retail banks have been relying on a flood of cheap money from the Bank of [...]
City Moves for 31 January 2013 | Who’s switching jobs January 30, 2013 LM Investment Management The fund management firm has announced two appointments. Joe Samuel becomes director of LM London. He has previously held roles at Law Business Research. Simon Bottle becomes business development manager in London. He has also worked at Goldman Sachs and ABN AMRO. Actis The private equity firm has appointed Arjun Oberoi as [...]
Review: Apero at the Ampersand February 26, 2013 Apero has fish is to die for, if you don’t mind the charmingly chaotic atmosphere, says Steve Dinneen APERO @ AMPERSAND; 10 Harrington Road, SW7 3ER; tel: 020 7589 5895 FOOD **** SERVICE *** Value **** Cost per person with wine: £50 A few years ago I was wandering through Kreuzberg, before it was completely [...]
Allardyce to inflict a Hammer blow on Rodgers December 6, 2012 WEST HAM LIVERPOOL … Sunday 4pm WEST HAM took an important step towards relocating to the Olympic Stadium this week and victory over Liverpool would cap an excellent few days for the club. Sam Allardyce’s outfit showed their fighting spirit negotiating a tricky first half against Chelsea last time out and will need more of [...]
Who’s switching jobs November 27, 2012 RiverRock European Capital Partners Michel Péretié has been appointed partner and joint chief executive at the investment firm. He was most recently chief executive of the corporate and investment banking division of Societe Generale. Péretié was also previously chairman and chief executive of Bear Stearns International. Jones Lang LaSalle Jonathan Mills has been appointed to [...]
Who’s switching jobs October 3, 2012 Pioneer Investments Jonathan May has been appointed head of institutional business development, UK at the investment management group. He joins from Aviva Investors, where he was been head of global consultant relations. May has 20 years’ experience in the industry, and has also held senior positions at Fidelity International. Marex Spectron The commodities-focused financial products [...]
Take Forpady to land Paddy Power at 33/1 November 15, 2012 THE Paddy Power Gold Cup (2.35pm) is the first big handicap of the jumps season and there is no other place to start than with last year’s winning trainer, David Pipe. Great Endeavour won the prize for a record ninth time for Pond House 12 months ago, following father Martin’s eight successes between 1987 and [...]
Rapid Responses September 13, 2012 The West’s demise [Re: The East is getting rich and working harder than the waning West, yesterday] Douglas McWilliams paints a worrying picture. He is right – the success of Hong Kong and Singapore are a sign of things to come across Asia. But how to deal with the root cause of our malaise – [...]
City Moves | Who’s switching Jobs September 6, 2012 BNP Paribas Real Estate Mike Chadburn has been appointed senior director of international investment at the real estate division of BNP Paribas. He was previously the UK partner to Azimuth Global Partners, where he sourced and acquired UK assets for Malaysian and Korean investors. Chadburn has also previously worked as director of Central London acquisitions [...]