RISING STAR | OF THE YEAR September 21, 2011 ALEX HAM NUMIS Numis star Alex Ham, 28, is “quick on the phone and suppies a lot of background information”. He ran the broker’s involvement in the Horizon and Betfair IPOs and advised Investcorp on its bid for Opsec. SHORTLIST Sam Smith, Finncap Billy Clegg, Financial Dynamics Oliver Holbourne, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Leanne [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 15, 2011 Deloitte Analytics Deloitte Analytics has strengthened its partner team in the UK with the appointment of consumer business specialist Jason Gordon, who will lead the division’s consumer business services team. In his new role, Gordon will advise retail, consumer products and travel, hospitality and leisure organisations on ways to gain improved insight and commercial value [...]
SINGAPORE TYCOON TO PITCH FOR FULHAM’S HISTORIC TOWN HALL December 11, 2011 FORGET the West End, the eyes of the property world will tomorrow be fixed on Fulham, when the council decides the fate of its historic town hall. The tender to develop the Grade II-listed site, which dates back to 1888, has been narrowed to a list of three developers – one retail, one residential and [...]
SINGAPORE TYCOON TO PITCH FOR FULHAM’S HISTORIC TOWN HALL December 11, 2011 FORGET the West End, the eyes of the property world will tomorrow be fixed on Fulham, when the council decides the fate of its historic town hall. The tender to develop the Grade II-listed site, which dates back to 1888, has been narrowed to a list of three developers – one retail, one residential and [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 21, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES EX-LEHMAN CHIEF TO RUN SPAIN’S ECONOMY Spain’s new government has placed the economy in the hands of Luis de Guindos, former head of Lehman Brothers in Spain, as Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, seeks to return the country to growth while embarking on a programme of budgetary austerity. As finance minister, Mr de [...]
Achieving best execution of FX trades October 19, 2011 AS EUROPEAN regulatory authorities move to regulate the execution of trades in other financial instruments, forex still operates outside of these regulations. But does it need to be regulated in order to achieve improved execution? The European Commission will today publish a proposal for a review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid 2), [...]
Achieving best execution of FX trades October 19, 2011 AS EUROPEAN regulatory authorities move to regulate the execution of trades in other financial instruments, forex still operates outside of these regulations. But does it need to be regulated in order to achieve improved execution? The European Commission will today publish a proposal for a review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid 2), [...]
UK law firm revenues top £15bn in 2011 August 31, 2011 AFTER a bleak couple of years for the UK’s legal sector, revenues at the country’s biggest law firms are looking far healthier this year, as the most successful firms look to international markets and strategic mergers to grow profits. Total revenues at the top 100 law firms in the UK rose by 13 per cent [...]
NEXT LORD MAYOR SETS OUT A CITY MANIFESTO October 3, 2011 ALL CHANGE in the Lord Mayor’s office, as alderman David Wootton was yesterday elected the 684th Lord Mayor of the City of London at the Guildhall. The Lord Mayor Elect, as Wootton will be known until he takes office on 11 November, used his election day to declare that the theme of his year in [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 26, 2011 Cushman & Wakefield The world’s largest privately-held commercial real estate services firm has appointed Sophie Hodges as consulting manager in its Europe, Middle East and Asia business consulting team. Hodges rejoins from Ernst & Young, having previously worked at Cushman & Wakefield as a client solutions consultant from 2007 to 2009. In her new role [...]