CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS February 14, 2012 The Salamanca Group Jeremy Wrathall has been appointed as managing director of Salamanca Resources, the recently formed division of Salamanca that will focus on the metals and mining sector. He joins from Renaissance Capital, where he was head of investment banking for the London operation and had responsibility for metals and mining, focusing on Africa. [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS February 14, 2012 The Salamanca Group Jeremy Wrathall has been appointed as managing director of Salamanca Resources, the recently formed division of Salamanca that will focus on the metals and mining sector. He joins from Renaissance Capital, where he was head of investment banking for the London operation and had responsibility for metals and mining, focusing on Africa. [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 31, 2012 WSP Group WSP Environment and Energy, part of the FTSE 250-listed WSP Group, has hired Karen McAllister as director of the environmental planning division in London. McAllister is a former director of RPS, prior to which she was a director at the Town Planning Consultancy, which was acquired by RPS in 2001. Recent projects include [...]
Engineer ABB close to buying Thomas & Betts January 29, 2012 SWISS engineering giant ABB was near an agreement last night to acquire US manufacturer Thomas & Betts for about $4bn (£2.5bn), the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. An agreement could be announced as soon as today, though the talks could still fall apart, the paper said, citing the same [...]
Greece stubborn over lenders January 24, 2012 GREECE is still not prepared to accept what its private creditors called their “final offer” to write down the value of its debt, the Institute for International Finance (IIF) told reporters in Switzerland yesterday. Setting the scene for a week of behind-the-scenes wrangling with European government officials as they gather in Davos, IIF chief Charles [...]
Protesters build igloo village January 23, 2012 THE OCCUPY movement, which went global after protests against Wall Street last year, is camping in igloos to bring its argument with the super-rich “one per cent” to Davos. It is a reminder to the leaders of finance and industry at the World Economic Forum of the resentment that is leading to questions about the [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 12, 2012 Association of British Insurers The ABI board has appointed Robert Talbut, chief investment officer of Royal London Asset Management, as chairman of the ABI investment committee. Previously the committee’s deputy chairman, he takes over from Alain Dromer, CEO of Aviva Investors. Talbut is a member of the Listing Authority advisory committee and an alternate on [...]
SNB’s Hildebrand resigns over currency trade scandal January 9, 2012 Swiss National Bank (SNB) chairman Philipp Hildebrand is resigning with immediate effect after a scandal over a controversial currency trade made by his wife, the SNB said. The SNB said in a brief statement that Hildebrand would speak about his decision at a media briefing in Berne and make available a number of unspecified documents. [...]
Defiant Swiss bank boss: I will not quit January 5, 2012 UNDER-FIRE Swiss bank governor Philipp Hildebrand yesterday insisted he had no plans to step down, and vowed to fight accusations of insider trading that have been made against him “with all means”. Speaking at a press conference in Zurich yesterday afternoon, Hildebrand gave more details of the currency transactions made by his wife that have [...]
Defiant Swiss bank boss: I will not quit January 5, 2012 UNDER-FIRE Swiss bank governor Philipp Hildebrand yesterday insisted he had no plans to step down, and vowed to fight accusations of insider trading that have been made against him “with all means”. Speaking at a press conference in Zurich yesterday afternoon, Hildebrand gave more details of the currency transactions made by his wife that have [...]