Airmiles tycoon to sue Coutts June 21, 2009 Airmiles founder Sir Keith Mills has formally launched a legal action seeking compensation from the Queen’s bankers Coutts over investments made in products offered by troubled insurer AIG. The case raises the prospect of the Royal Bank of Scotland owned bank paying out millions of pounds in compensation to Mills and other wealthy clients following the [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 8, 2009 DeloitteThe business advisory firm has appointed risk management specialist Philipp Keller to its European Solvency II team. Keller, who joins the Zurich office as head of insurance risk management, was previously head of research and development and a board member of the Federal Office of Private Insurance in Switzerland. He is also an adviser on [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 8, 2009 DeloitteThe business advisory firm has appointed risk management specialist Philipp Keller to its European Solvency II team. Keller, who joins the Zurich office as head of insurance risk management, was previously head of research and development and a board member of the Federal Office of Private Insurance in Switzerland. He is also an adviser on [...]
CITY BOYS COME UP TRUMPS FOR SIR ALAN’S NEWEST APPRENTICE June 8, 2009 BEADY-eyed Apprentice followers may have noticed a bevy of City boys getting behind the camera last night for a cameo on the final episode of the show. Pelham PR’s Gavin Davis, Alisdair Haythornthwaite and Alex Walters appeared on screen, with Funsho Allu from insurer AIG and freelance hack Jack Dyson, to advise winner Yasmina on [...]
Watchdog to bare teeth with PwC audit of RBS May 17, 2009 THE Financial Services Authority has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to investigate former board members of Royal Bank of Scotland as part of its inquiry into the banking crisis. The FSA has asked PwC to look into whether the bank’s board gave sufficient information to the stock market in and around the period of its £12bn rights [...]