LUCAS VAN Praag was well-known for firing cerebral, elegantly worded scorn on anyone who crossed paths with Goldman Sachs. So the PR man’s exit from the bank, as confirmed yesterday, was similarly well-phrased.
“C’est la vie,” emailed...
The Capitalist
Thursday 2nd February 2012, 1:26am
EVER WONDERED how former BP and Lehman Brothers spinner Andrew Gowers ended up as a strategic consultant to the Association for Financial Markets in Europe?
The appointment of the one-time FT editor last November was a “seamless transition...
Wednesday 1st February 2012, 1:00am
MITCHELLS & BUTLERS offered him a “senior role” following his resignation as chief executive of hotel group Malmaison last September.
But Robert Cook turned down the chance to help chairman Bob Ivell steer the FTSE 250 pub group into...
Tuesday 31st January 2012, 1:10am
BE PREPARED – such an important quality. Especially when you are planning a large-scale sporting event that will bring widespread chaos – sorry, a million extra economy-boosting visitors – to the capital.
But panic not, because the...
Monday 30th January 2012, 3:30am
IGNORANCE is bliss.
Just ask the children at PwC’s performance of Aladdin, who “didn’t have a clue” that the pantomime dames parading in front of them included four of the Big Four firm’s most senior auditors: Richard Oldfield, Richard...
Monday 30th January 2012, 3:29am
THERE was competition for Bill of the Week from Boisdale of Belgravia on Burns Night. The table of 13 Norwegians who spent £1,797 toasting Norway’s four-year ownership of the Orkney islands in the fifteenth century almost made it into this week’s...
Friday 27th January 2012, 12:25am
HSBC is committed to the City of London – for its latest retail opening, at least.
The Capitalist hears the bank has gazumped a well-known restaurateur to emerge as the new tenant at 1 Bishopsgate, after offering a far higher, undisclosed...
Thursday 26th January 2012, 1:12am
FORGET the FTSE 100 – it’s the companies further down the stock market that will lift the country of recession, says Grant Thornton partner Philip Secrett, who last night called on the government to abolish stamp duty for Aim- and Plus-listed...
Thursday 26th January 2012, 1:12am
RESTAURANTS, holidays, cars – and now trading seminars. Today’s deal of the day on the internet coupon business Groupon is a 95 per cent discount to £19.95 on the trading academy run by the irrepressible hedge fund manager Lex van Dam.
To...
Wednesday 25th January 2012, 12:19am
THERE’S MORE than one top-level summit for bankers in Switzerland this week. At the ski resort of Klosters, The Capitalist hears several members of the business elite have been taxing their champagne-addled brains by betting on racing piglets....
Editor's Letter
Allister Heath
FSA is missing a trick on living wills
ENTIRELY unsurprisingly, the FSA is increasing its budget, by a cool 16 per cent. One thing it should do...
