City Moves for 13 September 2013 | Who’s switching jobs September 12, 2013 Aviva Investors The investment management business has appointed Andrew Davey as assistant fund manager to its Lime Property Fund. He joined the company in 2007. Deloitte Real Estate Steve Johns has joined the real estate business to head its City leasing team. Johns previously spent 17 years at Cushman & Wakefield, and was most recently [...]
A feast fit for a king to raise money for our real heroes September 29, 2013 THE Square Mile Salute: a feast fit for a king led by culinary legends, Albert Roux OBE, KFO and Michel Roux Jr; including a Royal Reception prepared by the Royal chef, Mark Flanagan, chef to Prince Albert of Monaco, Christian Garcia and The Royal Automobile Club’s executive chef Philip Corrick. Friday 18 October sees the [...]
Bottom Line: Don’t get overexcited at the first signs of life September 8, 2013 THERE’S two ways to look at London’s initial public offering (IPO) market in light of the torrent of floats (about 15 at the last count) coming to market. One, that this is the natural release of pent up demand as market sentiment improves. Or two, that slightly frothy markets have got everyone a bit too [...]
Ken Olisa’s colleague prepares to climb Mont Blanc and fly down it August 29, 2013 REGULAR readers may recall that The Capitalist reported earlier in the summer on former Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation board member Ken Olisa trademarking “More Soviet than City” – the memorable phrase he used when parting ways with the mining group. But now it appears one of his colleagues might be thinking “more water than alcohol” [...]
Inside Track: More than one elephant in the Royal Mail sorting room September 25, 2013 IT’S NOT hard to identify the biggest of the elephantine threats to Royal Mail’s imminent stock market listing, which heralds the most contentious privatisation since the 1980s. With unions poised to ballot members over the prospect of industrial action within weeks, the prospect of a multi-day walkout at the precise time that the company’s shares [...]
You can either read the news or make it September 15, 2013 JP Morgan’s top investment banker in London tells David Hellier how he gets a buzz from his work life ON the morning I meet Viswas Raghavan, JP Morgan’s European head of investment banking, he is buzzing. The spectacular view from his office is of the docklands and the City of London but his gaze is [...]
The Nominations: A very warm welcome to the shortlists for the City A.M. awards 2013 September 8, 2013 TODAY we kick off the countdown to this year’s City A.M. Awards with the first of the shortlists for an event that has rapidly established itself as a highpoint in the annual calendar. Our awards, now in their fourth year, celebrate all of the City’s main sectors and the people that make sure London remains [...]
Financial services are vital to the UK economy November 3, 2013 AT THE CBI conference today, my message will be that Britain can only succeed in the future as an open, internationalist and outward-facing trading nation, with enterprise, risk and innovation valued and rewarded. But when, after years of stagnation, most people are still seeing their living standards falling, we cannot take public support for this [...]
Lean back and read the latest City tome on women at the top August 21, 2013 HOT ON the heels of Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg’s highly publicised book Lean In, a London businesswoman is about to publish her own autobiographical and instructional tome – Heels of Steel. Founder of networking site We Are The City, Vanessa Vallely – a former employee of Barclays, Merrill Lynch and Royal Bank of [...]
How the City can play its part in tackling youth unemployment in London February 24, 2013 THE news that several London boroughs – including some that neighbour the Square Mile – are among the areas worst-hit by child poverty is a stark reminder of the tough economic climate many people are facing across the capital. It more vital than ever, therefore, that the City demonstrates how the positive relationship between finance [...]