PwC details PlanB for Lehman October 5, 2009 LEHMAN Brothers’ European administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has put forward a proposal to distribute $8.9bn (£5.6bn) of the collapsed Wall Street giant’s assets directly to creditors. PwC said it would seek to entice creditors into a voluntary contractual arrangement which would see them agree to a settlement avoiding a protracted court case. The administrator said the [...]
PwC details PlanB for Lehman October 5, 2009 LEHMAN Brothers’ European administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has put forward a proposal to distribute $8.9bn (£5.6bn) of the collapsed Wall Street giant’s assets directly to creditors. PwC said it would seek to entice creditors into a voluntary contractual arrangement which would see them agree to a settlement avoiding a protracted court case. The administrator said the [...]
World cup win would lift the UK economy March 28, 2010 A World Cup win for England could spark a spending spree and lift the country out of the downturn, according to a latest survey by PWC. Unsurprisingly, 25 per cent of men said a victory in South Africa would give the economy a boost but only 13 per cent of women agreed, out of 2000 [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 3, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES DERIPASKA IN NEW LISTING Oleg Deripaska, the Russian billionaire, is preparing to float a second resource company in Hong Kong just three months after the controversial $2.2bn initial public offering of Rusal, his aluminium group. Strikeforce Mining and Resources aims to raise as much as $200m this month, according to people close to [...]
Standard Life boosted by a return to risk April 29, 2010 STANDARD Life said high street savers’ appetite for equities and fixed income would continue to return this year as it beat market expectations to deliver a 30 per cent rise in sales. The Edinburgh-based insurer posted first quarter sales of £4.6bn, nearly £1bn more than analysts expected. Other stocks in the sector were buoyed as [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS March 14, 2010 Coutts Private Office Rupert Allison has joined Coutts Private Office as senior client partner from after three years with HSBC private bank as a relationship manager/ director. At Coutts, Allison will advise high-net-worth individuals whose assets top £30m and will report to global head of Coutts private office, Duncan McIntyre. Allison also spent 15 years [...]
London hotels outstrip their country rivals February 28, 2010 LONDON’S hotel sector is beginning to see signs of economic recovery after taking a hit from the recession, while the UK’s provinces continue to experience difficulties. According to new research by professional services company PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC), revenue per available room is projected to grow by three per cent this year and five per cent in [...]
PwC’s $150bn Lehman claim September 24, 2009 LEHMAN Brothers’ European administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are seeking around $150bn (£93bn) from the parent company. A spokeswoman for PwC told City A.M. the company had already filed a claim for $50bn on behalf of European affiliates of the company and would seek another $100bn before a 22 October deadline. Lehman’s bankruptcy last year, which triggered [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 16, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES HEDGE FUNDS HIT BY MAY VOLATILITY Some of the world’s biggest hedge funds have suffered significant losses this month after high levels of volatility across markets and the shortlived stock market plunge in New York combined to wipe billions from portfolios. Losses in the first week of May alone erased all gains made [...]
What now? Prepare for the next crisis July 28, 2010 PREDICTING the future can be a notoriously tricky business. If people declare with certainty that things will happen, they often don’t. While things that no one saw coming have a horrible habit of actually happening. The Asian financial crisis in 1997 came as everyone was talking about an “Asian economic miracle”, while the most recent [...]