The Mifid II reality has been the exact opposite of its noble aims May 24, 2019 The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) II, which brought in sweeping regulatory reform to financial markets in the EU, was intended to improve competition and transparency. More than a year on from its introduction, it has become clear that it has widely missed the mark. In the wake of the financial crash, improved regulation [...]
Kleinman: Government must steel itself for share of blame May 24, 2019 Few economic symbols speak more powerfully to a nation’s sense of self-worth than the decline of its heavy industries: just look at the justifiable angst surrounding the collapse into insolvency this week of British Steel. The crisis engulfing a company on which close to 25,000 people’s jobs depend would be tragic at any time; the [...]
City Moves for 24 May – who’s switching jobs at Royal London, Macquarie and McCarthy Denning? May 23, 2019 Who’s on the move today? Royal London Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), the investment manager of Royal London Unit Trust Managers (RLUTM) and RLUM, has announced the appointment of Nora O’Mahony as non-executive director to the fund boards, with effect from 1 June 2019, subject to regulatory approval. This concludes appointments for both fund boards. [...]
Ollie Phillips: Don’t expect a shock – Saracens and Exeter are streets ahead of their Premiership play-off rivals May 23, 2019 The Premiership semi-finals are upon us this weekend and it is very much a case of challengers taking on heavy favourites. Saracens and Exeter have been dominant over the past few seasons and it will take a mammoth effort from Gloucester or Northampton to reach the final. Saracens have won three of the last four [...]
Rocketman is an explosively imaginative biopic charting the life of the iconic piano man May 23, 2019 Take the John Lewis Christmas ad that made your sherry-drunk Aunt Pauline cry into her sprouts and stretch it out over a hundred or so minutes and you’ve got yourself Rocketman, the Taron Egerton fronted musical biopic charting the life and travails of bespectacled piano man Elton John. The setting is a booze ‘n’ drugs [...]
Anna at the National Theatre review: A brilliant play about the Stasi that makes you wear headphones May 23, 2019 It’s Stasi-era East Germany and a young woman prepares for a dinner party while a hidden group of shadowy men and women wearing headphones listen in to her every move. The twist? You’re one of them. Anna casts the audience as collaborators in this tale of a young woman caught up in a surveillance operation [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Kachy him if you can May 23, 2019 WHEN the ground gets quick at Haydock it can get very quick and it will be a case of blink and you’ll miss it in tomorrow’s Group Three Armstrong Aggregates Temple Stakes (4.00pm). This race has been won by some top class sprinters over the years and is the last main trial before next month’s [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Back Willie John to lead home the pack at Goodwood May 23, 2019 PUNTERS are spoilt for choice tomorrow. Away from Haydock and the Curragh, there’s more high quality racing at Chester, Goodwood and York. I’m going to focus on those final two tracks, starting off on the South Downs and the opening Listed Festival Stakes (1.55pm). It looks an intriguing contest and my eyes are immediately drawn [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Gosden ace may be Too Darn Hot for Magna Grecia May 23, 2019 WHEN final declarations were made yesterday morning for tomorrow’s Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas (3.35pm) at the Curragh, it still came as a slight surprise to see the name TOO DARN HOT in the final field. John Gosden’s colt only made his eagerly awaited seasonal reappearance just over a week ago when a gallant second to [...]
Luton Airport appoints former Go Ahead boss as new chairman May 23, 2019 Former Go Ahead boss Keith Ludeman has been appointed the new chairman of Luton Airport as of today. Ludeman, who is the current chairman of HS1, the high-speed link between London and the Channel Tunnel, joins the airport following its completion of its £160m new terminal. Read more: Over 1m passengers used Luton Airport in March Passenger [...]