CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 20, 2011 Hamptons International The property consultant has appointed Giles Maude (pictured) and Graham Jones to its development land team, reporting to head of land Simon Grier-Jones. Maude joins the firm’s Southern Home Counties division as an associate in the Esher office, and Jones will lead the Cotswold and West team as an associate director in Cheltenham. [...]
BAA mulls a fresh lawsuit in sell-off spat July 19, 2011 BAA said it is considering judicial review after the Competition Commission ruled yesterday that the airport operator must sell Stansted and Glasgow or Edinburgh airport. In its final report, the commission said that the sales process for London’s third-largest airport Stansted would start in three months’ time, and would be followed by the sale of [...]
Banking bounce and positive data help FTSE to edge higher July 28, 2011 STRONGER banks helped the FTSE 100 share index edge higher yesterday as investors welcomed upbeat data releases from across the Atlantic, though the overriding mood was one of caution, with only a few days left for the US government and its opponents to reach a deal on its debt and avoid a default. The FTSE [...]
Banking bounce and positive data help FTSE to edge higher July 28, 2011 STRONGER banks helped the FTSE 100 share index edge higher yesterday as investors welcomed upbeat data releases from across the Atlantic, though the overriding mood was one of caution, with only a few days left for the US government and its opponents to reach a deal on its debt and avoid a default. The FTSE [...]
Opportunities for careful investors July 10, 2011 Office Space Residential provides commercial returns if you pick well THE current financial climate is making it harder to decipher where investors are going to find returns. The rates on holding cash are low, bond yields in general have narrowed substantially and there is much uncertainty on the outlook for the stock market. In addition, [...]
Europe’s debt disease threatens contagion June 27, 2011 THE Eurozone’s banks look perilously weak. Regulatory uncertainty and the Greek debt disaster present a bleak outlook. While the UK’s banks are much stronger, with less direct exposure to Greece, they too would be affected by a larger Eurozone implosion. Yet even if things go bad, there are opportunities for traders in Contracts for Difference [...]
Stress test relief to provide a lift to markets on open July 17, 2011 AND the winner is…” direction for stocks this morning will be driven by the results of the European bank stress tests, which were released at 5pm on Friday, after European stock markets closed. A grand total of eight banks failed the tests, but that number was well below the worst fears of some analysts who [...]
Crafted for a better taste July 6, 2011 THE British pub industry may be in crisis, with scores of venues reportedly closing around the country each week, but there’s one side of it that’s bubbling along rather nicely. Bars that are dedicating their trade to the kind of specialist, low-volume beers you can’t find in mainstream pubs are on the rise, as are [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT July 3, 2011 COMPANIES ● Tomorrow, St Modwen Properties will release its interim results. It is not a good time to be in the housing business, but the management recently announced it expects “results for the half year and net asset value increases to be at the top end of management expectations, and ahead of consensus forecasts”. ● [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 25, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BREVAN HOWARD CAPITALISES ON TURMOIL Brevan Howard, the world’s largest macro hedge fund, has made close to $1.5bn over the past three weeks on the back of turmoil in the global markets. In a month in which equity markets worldwide have seen declines of more than 10 per cent, the gain comes as [...]