City Moves for 02 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 1, 2014 Henderson The asset management firm has announced the appointment of James de Bunsen as co-manager of its value trust division. He joined in January 2013 as manager of the Henderson Multi-Manager Absolute Return fund from Armstrong Investment Managers. De Bunsen also previously spent five years at Insight Investment, where he was part of its UK retail [...]
Best of the Brokers for 02 May 2014 May 1, 2014 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com BARCLAYS UBS has upgraded the bank from “neutral” to “buy”, upping its target price from 280p to 305p. Following reports that Barclays is setting up a bad bank, the broker believes Barclays’ management is showing willingness to shift away from loss-making parts of [...]
London Report: Lloyds profit boost helps FTSE approach a two-month high May 1, 2014 BRITAIN’S blue-chip share index hit its highest level in about two months yesterday, rising for a fourth straight session as gains at Lloyds bank buoyed the market. The FTSE 100 index ended up by 0.4 per cent, or 28.84 points, at 6,808.87 points, its highest close since 4 March. Shares of Lloyds surged 5.5 per [...]
New York Report: Investors wait for jobs figure May 1, 2014 THE S&P ended nearly flat last night as investors paused ahead of today’s jobs report, though gains in internet shares helped lift the Nasdaq. The Dow Jones eased back into negative territory for the year, a day after closing at its first record high of 2014. The April jobs report, which is expected to show [...]
Marks & Spencer recruits Silicon Roundabout entrepreneurs for new website May 1, 2014 MARKS & Spencer has been recruiting Silicon roundabout’s finest to help develop its new website and to help lure the 19m customers a year who shop in its stores but do not use its website. The 130 year-old high street retailer broke away from its technology supplier Amazon and launched its own custom-built £150m [...]
Why the EU’s mango ban’s a really daft idea May 1, 2014 Today, an EU-wide ban on Indian Alphonso mangoes has come into force. Though temporary, it’ll stop imports to the UK until December 2015. The ban, which also applied to aubergines, two kinds of squash and a leaf called patra used for cooking, comes after non-European food pests, in the form of a type of fruit [...]
Why this central bank isn’t worried about the rise of Bitcoin May 1, 2014 Top officials from the Canadian central bank have said they are not worried about the rise of Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Speaking to the Senate banking committee, Bank of Canada (BoC) governor Steven Poloz said "these are early days … and so far digital currencies have not made it to what we call money." [...]
JP Morgan’s cutting edge bankers are in Dorset May 1, 2014 The glittering sky-scrapers of Canary Wharf and the tech hubs of Silicon Roundabout might seem the obvious places to look for the most advanced banking offices around. But JP Morgan thinks its Bournemouth campus, as the 4,000-staff site is know, is at the cutting edge. The giant US bank is spending almost $50m [...]
Most of us think it’s art, but Londoners still aren’t sure if they like graffiti May 1, 2014 It looks like attitudes towards graffiti are changing: most Brits think it's art, and Londoner’s like it the most. Two thirds of the British public now think graffiti can be considered art, according to a new YouGov poll. Only 34 per cent answered 'yes' to “all graffiti is vandalism”. Most people think it’s 'acceptable', with [...]
Metro Bank sees jump in commercial lending May 1, 2014 Metro Bank has reported a surge in commercial loans to £960m, a year-on-year increase of 298 per cent and a rise of 27 per cent in the quarter to 31 March. The insurgent bank established in 2010 also saw deposits rise to £1.6bn, a 131 per cent increase from the previous year. Britain's first new [...]