Cameron takes stock after 100 days in power August 17, 2010 TONY Blair, who releases his memoirs next month, says his biggest regret was not doing enough during his early years in power. He wasted his first 100 days – and indeed much of his first term – basking in the glory of Labour’s landslide win. By the time he turned his attention to public service [...]
Cameron takes stock after 100 days in power August 17, 2010 TONY Blair, who releases his memoirs next month, says his biggest regret was not doing enough during his early years in power. He wasted his first 100 days – and indeed much of his first term – basking in the glory of Labour’s landslide win. By the time he turned his attention to public service [...]
JP Morgan boss Dimon brings in his father Ted November 10, 2009 JAMIE Dimon, chairman of JPMorgan, has hired his father to join the investment bank as it seeks to expand its private client broking business. Private banker Theodore “Ted” Dimon, 78, will quit Bank of America Merrill Lynch to join Bear Stearns Private Client Services, now part of JP Morgan since it rescued Bear Stearns in [...]
Pair off US banks this results season April 11, 2010 IT WAS only 18 months ago that the large-cap US banking sector looked like it was on its knees. Since then the banks have been nursed back to health. Later this week we will find out how far they are on the road to recovery. The two largest banks in the US, JP Morgan and [...]
Jupiter moves on flotation May 17, 2010 FUND manager Jupiter is throwing caution to the wind and listing its shares in London, despite uncertain demand for initial public offerings in recent months. The move, which could provide as much as £1bn in capital, comes just a month after the group headed by Edward Bonham-Carter decided to hold back its flotation in light [...]
CITY VIEWS: WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP FINAL? May 27, 2010 RICHARD BARBER | JP MORGAN “I would like Leicester to win because they have more England players, and I think they will. Saracens were romping ahead early in the season but to me that was because they didn’t have any Six Nations players, so all the other teams were below par, but then they caught [...]
CITY VIEWS: WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP FINAL? May 27, 2010 RICHARD BARBER | JP MORGAN “I would like Leicester to win because they have more England players, and I think they will. Saracens were romping ahead early in the season but to me that was because they didn’t have any Six Nations players, so all the other teams were below par, but then they caught [...]
QinetiQ restructuring will drive defence firm back into the red May 27, 2010 DEFENCE company QinetiQ yesterday said it was to cut operating costs 10 per cent to return to growth as it reported annual profit down a third due to delays in government contracts. “QinetiQ is a company that came out of the UK civil service and it needs to move to a much more commercial culture,” [...]
SPREAD BET GURU April 18, 2010 MARKET STRATEGIST josh@cityindex.com Q. Dear Josh, JP Morgan’s earnings were very good, what will this mean for the other banks? A. I take a balanced view on this. That JP Morgan announced much better earnings than the market had first anticipated, a 57 per cent rise in profits, is a good sign for the bank [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 2, 2010 BDO The accountancy firm has appointed Tim Kirk as head of its advisory services practice, leading its offering in the risk, regulatory and management consulting areas. Prior to joining BDO, Kirk was managing director of The Kirk Consultancy, a specialist marketing and customer experience consultancy serving FTSE 100 and global companies. Prior to that, he [...]