New York kicks off crackdown November 15, 2011 City of London restarts legal action against protest camp THE CITY of London yesterday vowed to press ahead with plans to evict protesters from its land, hours after US police tore down a connected campsite in New York. Legal efforts to move the St Paul’s protesters are set to resume, without the explicit support of the [...]
Choosing your MBA: Location is a critical part of the decision May 23, 2012 WHY SHOULD the location of a business school be a factor in choosing one MBA programme over another? It’s not immediately obvious. Many potential students will select by the educational value of a course, and how specific features of that MBA programme might impact on career progression. Many others will go by a school’s position [...]
PROFILE: ALEX WILMOT-SITWELL April 25, 2012 Alex Wilmot-Sitwell is a household name in the City of London. He was born in 1961, the son of Peter, a former SG Warburg chairman. SG Warburg may have disappeared as a brand after the firm’s acquisition by Swiss bank UBS, but through Alex’s efforts the Wilmot-Sitwell name has been more enduring in the world of [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 10, 2012 McGuireWoods Philip Newhouse has been appointed managing partner of the international law firm’s London office. He replaces Anders Grundberg, who will continue as partner in the firm’s international transactions and private wealth services practice. Newhouse has previously served as managing partner at Taylor Wessing Bucharest’s office and at Haarman Hemmelrath. Coutts The wealth division of [...]
Libor manipulation scandal is a disastrous own goal for City June 28, 2012 WHAT preposterous emails. What were these traders thinking? That they would get away with it? Barclays and the entire banking industry have been badly damaged by the Libor manipulation scandal – and this time it is entirely a crisis of their own making. This is not like some previous rounds of banker-bashing, where lenders were [...]
Libor manipulation scandal is a disastrous own goal for City June 27, 2012 WHAT preposterous emails. What were these traders thinking? That they would get away with it? Barclays and the entire banking industry have been badly damaged by the Libor manipulation scandal – and this time it is entirely a crisis of their own making. This is not like some previous rounds of banker-bashing, where lenders were [...]
Qataris fund rollout of 75 City info pods March 4, 2012 THE QATARI Islamic Bank’s British branch, QIB UK, has partnered with on-the-go media firm Renew to fund the rollout of a new round of information pods in the City of London. Since first hitting the streets on 26 January, Renew’s 4.5-feet high pods double as recycling bins and information screens, updating City workers on the [...]
Paris is now the priciest place to rent March 5, 2012 PARIS has leapfrogged London to become the most expensive capital city to rent residential property, according to research released today by estate agent Savills. The World Class Cities index, which analyses the cost of renting and buying in the world’s top 10 cities, shows the average cost of renting increased by 2.3 per cent in [...]
Paris is now the priciest place to rent March 5, 2012 PARIS has leapfrogged London to become the most expensive capital city to rent residential property, according to research released today by estate agent Savills. The World Class Cities index, which analyses the cost of renting and buying in the world’s top 10 cities, shows the average cost of renting increased by 2.3 per cent in [...]
Olympics are not the only games in town March 14, 2012 As the Olympics come to town it would be easy to forget that there are dozens of other top sporting corporate packages available across London throughout the year. The sporting excellence which is about to land in London from around the world for the 2012 games serves to highlight what a nation of sports lovers [...]