Swissie scandal engulfs governor January 4, 2012 SWISS National Bank governor Philipp Hildebrand will today break his silence on controversial currency trades made by his wife. Hildebrand has come under increasing pressure to clarify events, after details of foreign exchange transactions made from his personal accounts at Swiss private bank Sarasin were leaked by one of its employees to lawyers for the [...]
Lippe plans to retire early from Swiss Re December 12, 2011 SWISS Re said yesterday chief executive Stefan Lippe (pictured) will take early retirement after roughly three years at the helm, in a surprise move that analysts said added a new element of uncertainty to a company which Lippe had helped stabilise. No reason was given for the departure, which Swiss Re said would take effect [...]
Lippe plans to retire early from Swiss Re December 12, 2011 SWISS Re said yesterday chief executive Stefan Lippe (pictured) will take early retirement after roughly three years at the helm, in a surprise move that analysts said added a new element of uncertainty to a company which Lippe had helped stabilise. No reason was given for the departure, which Swiss Re said would take effect [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS December 11, 2011 KPMG KPMG has appointed Paul Sawdon as UK head of its internal audit practice. Sawdon has been a partner at KPMG for the past ten years, where he has worked on a variety of audit projects, including developing the firm’s extended assurance proposition. He takes over from David Defroand, who leaves to devote himself to [...]
They hit the road for an idea that’s on the money December 4, 2011 WHEN the shadow business secretary makes a speech calling your seven-month old business “the lifeblood of the lifeblood of our economy,” it’s fair to say you’ve made quite an impression. This happened to the co-founders of MarketInvoice Anil Stocker and Charles Delingpole two weeks ago: Labour’s Chuka Umanna described their business as “turning straw into [...]
Wowed by grande dame of the Swiss Alps November 15, 2011 A beautiful two-hour train ride from Zurich brings one to the alpine town of Pontresina, near the more famous (and more developed) St Moritz. The Kronenhof’s remarkably attractive, traditional façade takes pride of place in the main street – and it’s met with suitably matching luxury interiors, splendid service and all the things that make [...]
Extreme weather costs UK business November 13, 2011 NEARLY two thirds of British businesses suffered disruption to their supply chain because of last winter’s bad weather, a high-level panel led by insurance firm Zurich has found. The panel, which included officials from the government’s department for Business Innovation and Skills and the Association of British Insurers, was brought together to create a green [...]
ENGLAND VICTORY AS FIFA AGREE TO POPPY November 9, 2011 POPPYGATE: HOW THE ROW UNFOLDED FRIDAY Fifa president Sepp Blatter (above) rejects a request from the Football Association for England players to wear poppies against Spain in this weekend’s match against Spain at Wembley SUNDAY England and Chelsea star Frank Lampard (above) joins war veterans in condemning Fifa’s stance, with a spokesman for the player [...]
BALANCE RISKS TO OUTPERFORM BY REPUTATION October 24, 2011 WHAT a summer of sport we’ve seen. And with the handover of the Rugby World Cup baton on to England for 2015, the UK hosting of the 2012 Olympics, and not forgetting the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, there hasn’t been a better time to be involved the sports, leisure and entertainment (SLE) world. [...]
BALANCE RISKS TO OUTPERFORM BY REPUTATION October 24, 2011 WHAT a summer of sport we’ve seen. And with the handover of the Rugby World Cup baton on to England for 2015, the UK hosting of the 2012 Olympics, and not forgetting the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, there hasn’t been a better time to be involved the sports, leisure and entertainment (SLE) world. [...]