CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 26, 2010 Otkritie Securities Otkritie, the UK subsidiary of Russian financial services giant Otkritie Financial Corporation, has appointed Howard Snell as chairman. Snell joined the broker last year as an executive director, having previously been UK chief executive of Russian investment bank Troika Dialog. He was also previously co-head of the London emerging markets desk at UBS, [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 26, 2010 Otkritie Securities Otkritie, the UK subsidiary of Russian financial services giant Otkritie Financial Corporation, has appointed Howard Snell as chairman. Snell joined the broker last year as an executive director, having previously been UK chief executive of Russian investment bank Troika Dialog. He was also previously co-head of the London emerging markets desk at UBS, [...]
BP hopes to double oil captured June 7, 2010 EMBATTLED oil major BP could soon siphon off up to 20,000 barrels a day from its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico – twice the amount it is currently collecting. US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who is leading the operation for the American government, said that BP could contain twice as much oil [...]
BP hopes to double oil captured June 7, 2010 EMBATTLED oil major BP could soon siphon off up to 20,000 barrels a day from its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico – twice the amount it is currently collecting. US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who is leading the operation for the American government, said that BP could contain twice as much oil [...]
More to Russia than gas July 20, 2010 FOR years, investment in Russia has meant little more than investment in commodities and energy. And while those sectors still make up a huge proportion of the country’s wealth, those trying to target high-return emerging market growth in Russia should steer clear of the usual country wide benchmarks. Renaissance Capital’s Karol Chrystowski says: “Most of [...]
More to Russia than gas July 20, 2010 FOR years, investment in Russia has meant little more than investment in commodities and energy. And while those sectors still make up a huge proportion of the country’s wealth, those trying to target high-return emerging market growth in Russia should steer clear of the usual country wide benchmarks. Renaissance Capital’s Karol Chrystowski says: “Most of [...]
White House hits out over yachting race June 20, 2010 THE WHITE House has hit out at BP chief executive Tony Hayward, who was spotted on his yacht just off the Isle of Wight over the weekend. US President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rham Emanuel said that Hayward’s trip was “part of a long line of PR gaffes and mistakes”. He said: “To quote [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 15, 2010 City Index The spread betting firm has appointed Sandy Jadeja as its new chief technical analyst. Jadeja has 23 years of experience in technical analysis, trading psychology and global financial markets commentary. Prior to joining City Index, he was the chief market strategist at FX-focused trading platform provider Capital Market Services. He has also worked [...]
HIGH FLYER LOSES COURT CASE May 3, 2010 A HIGH-FLYING marketing executive who accused her boss of sexual harassment and trying to hire Russian hitmen to kill her has had her £4m compensation claim quashed by an employment tribunal. Jordan Wimmer, 29, was described as not being a “persuasive” witness in her lurid case against multi-millionaire Mark Lowe of Nomos Capital.
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 29, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES LI KA-SHING PAYS £5.8BN FOR UK UTILITY EDF of France is set to sell its UK electricity networks business to Cheung Kong Infrastructure of Hong Kong for £5.8bn, 45 per cent more than the price originally suggested for the deal, according to a person close to the negotiations. The state-controlled French electricity group [...]