City Moves for 03 July 2014 | Who’s switching jobs July 2, 2014 BLM The risk and insurance law firm has appointed Guy Munnoch as special and strategic adviser to its executive board. He is a former chief executive of Zurich Southern Africa and Zurich UK, and has also held positions at Aviva and Allianz. Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Marc Denjean has been appointed managing director, head of [...]
City Moves for 30 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs June 29, 2014 Unigestion The boutique institutional asset manager has appointed Jérôme Teiletche as managing director, head of cross asset solutions. He will also join its executive committee. Teiletche previously worked for Lombard Odier Investment Managers, where he was head of the solutions group. RSA The insurer has appointed Steve Lewis as chief executive for the UK and [...]
The nominations roll in as we launch our awards June 29, 2014 It’s that time of year again – City A.M. is today launching its fifth annual awards, one of the most hotly anticipated occasions in the City calendar. The event, which celebrates those who have helped put the City of London at the centre of the world’s financial markets, will take place on 13 November at [...]
British title win has Chambers rethinking retirement June 29, 2014 SPRINTER Dwain Chambers revealed he was considering hanging up his running spikes before storming to an eighth British title – and fifth in a row – in Birmingham yesterday. The 36-year-old rolled back the years to cross the line in a season’s best 10.12 seconds ahead of Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and third fastest Briton of all [...]
EasyHotel IPO raises just half of £60m target June 25, 2014 EASYJET founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou announced plans to float the budget hotel chain easyHotel on Aim next week but has raised just half of the £60m it had hoped to gain. The company, owned by the Greek billionaire’s easyGroup holdings, has priced its initial public offering (IPO) at 80p, valuing the business at £50m and [...]
City Moves for 07 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 6, 2014 Aviva InvestorsThe asset management business has appointed Katherine Wade to its equity investment team. She has more than 20 years’ experience and joins from Citigroup, where she was an equity sales generalist. Prior to that, Wade held sales and research roles at NatWest Securities and Bankers Trust. Deutsche BankThe bank has announced the appointment of [...]
City Moves for 01 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs April 30, 2014 MHA Macintyre Hudson The accountancy firm has announced the appointment of Matt Coward as a tax partner in its London City office. Coward is a chartered tax adviser and member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He joins from Price Bailey, where he was a private client tax partner. DAC Beachcroft The law [...]
Global corporate results round up April 29, 2014 ABB redoubles its work to fix power systems unit after shock profit drop SWISS engineer ABB said it would up work to overhaul its power systems unit after posting an unexpected fall in first-quarter profit because of weak orders and costly delays to wind and solar power projects. Shares in the Zurich-based firm dropped seven [...]
Golf Comment: Noh win situation is a huge step April 28, 2014 A PLAYER I regard as undoubtedly the best prospect I have seen for some time took a huge step on Sunday by claiming his first victory on the PGA Tour. South Korean Noh Seung-Yul was outstanding all week, going 54 holes without a bogey, on his way to winning the Zurich Classic of New Orleans [...]
Fleetwood settles for second spot April 27, 2014 GOLF: England’s Tommy Fleetwood finished runner-up at the China Open yesterday, four shots behind Alexander Levy of France who claimed his first European Tour victory. World No3 Henrik Stenson shot a final round of 65 to tie for fifth place with Ian Poulter. In New Orleans, Justin Rose placed tied-eighth in the Zurich Classic, six [...]