WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 1, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMESFORD SELLS AUSTRALIAN LOAN BOOK TO MACQUARIEFord, the US carmaker that underwent a debt-for-equity swap this year to bolster its balance sheet, has quit Australia’s retail car finance market after selling a A$1bn (US$874m) motor loan portfolio to Macquarie Group. The Australian investment bank is expanding its presence in the sector as well as [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 1, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMESFORD SELLS AUSTRALIAN LOAN BOOK TO MACQUARIEFord, the US carmaker that underwent a debt-for-equity swap this year to bolster its balance sheet, has quit Australia’s retail car finance market after selling a A$1bn (US$874m) motor loan portfolio to Macquarie Group. The Australian investment bank is expanding its presence in the sector as well as [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS August 17, 2009 Cheyne Capital ManagementThe alternative asset manager has appointed Paul Ruddleston and Paul Keohane, pictured, as partners. The pair joins from Morgan Stanley, where they were managing directors and spent a combined 26 years. They will be responsible for managing the Cheyne Equity Macro Fund, along with former colleague and head portfolio manager Jorge Giampaoli, who [...]
Why Boris is right to fight for the City September 2, 2009 WHENEVER there is a crisis, certain sections of the British establishment revert to type. Rather than vowing to fight back and rebuild our shattered economy, many senior figures have evidently decided that the best we can hope for is to manage decline, post-war style. In a dynamic, forward-looking, optimistic nation, we would be debating how [...]
Why Boris is right to fight for the City September 2, 2009 WHENEVER there is a crisis, certain sections of the British establishment revert to type. Rather than vowing to fight back and rebuild our shattered economy, many senior figures have evidently decided that the best we can hope for is to manage decline, post-war style. In a dynamic, forward-looking, optimistic nation, we would be debating how [...]
WEST END SUMMER BOOM July 14, 2009 LONDON’S West End is expecting a “gold rush” of 140,000 shoppers from the Middle East over the Summer in advance of Ramadan, spending an estimated £250m. As the Euro shopper market softens, retailers are for the first time pulling out all the stops, including extending opening hours and making key additions to the services on [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 20, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LICENSES SINATRA RIGHTSUniversal Music has secured the international rights to 38 albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, heralding an acceleration of plans to commercialise the entertainer’s estate on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the release of My Way. GAP PROFITS SLIP IN SECOND QUARTERGap, the US specialty clothing retailer, said [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 20, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LICENSES SINATRA RIGHTSUniversal Music has secured the international rights to 38 albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, heralding an acceleration of plans to commercialise the entertainer’s estate on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the release of My Way. GAP PROFITS SLIP IN SECOND QUARTERGap, the US specialty clothing retailer, said [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 20, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LICENSES SINATRA RIGHTSUniversal Music has secured the international rights to 38 albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, heralding an acceleration of plans to commercialise the entertainer’s estate on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the release of My Way. GAP PROFITS SLIP IN SECOND QUARTERGap, the US specialty clothing retailer, said [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 20, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LICENSES SINATRA RIGHTSUniversal Music has secured the international rights to 38 albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, heralding an acceleration of plans to commercialise the entertainer’s estate on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the release of My Way. GAP PROFITS SLIP IN SECOND QUARTERGap, the US specialty clothing retailer, said [...]