What the advertising industry should watch out for in 2018 January 3, 2018 We ask advertising bosses what’s in store for the year ahead. Alex Hesz, chief strategy officer, Adam&eveDDB In the era of fake news, advertising has emerged as an unlikely standard-bearer for scrutiny. We have long embraced the necessity of third-party regulation to verify what is fact and what is fantasy. Our job is to tell [...]
RBS nets £150m in sale of Lombard asset finance unit to Investec and Shawbrook January 3, 2018 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has sold the offshore operations of its asset finance lender Lombard to Investec and Shawbrook. RBS will net around £150m from selling off its Channel Islands operations of the lender, which was founded in 1861. Investec and Shawbrook will split the Jersey and Guernsey assets division between them, although the [...]
Morgan Stanley swoops to steal the crown from Goldman Sachs advising on announced M&A deals worth $136bn last year January 3, 2018 Morgan Stanley won the UK title for advising on the biggest share of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) announced last year, grabbing the crown fromGoldman Sachs. Morgan Stanley worked on deals involving a UK party worth a massive $136bn (£101bn), climbing from seventh place in 2016 and stealing an impressive 36 per cent market share, according [...]
These are officially the 11 best towns to commute to London from January 2, 2018 Rail fares may have gone up today, but that doesn't mean moving out of London is out of the question: a new ranking has revealed Luton is the best place to commute to the capital from. Yes, despite having been voted the worst place to live in the UK last year, Luton has taken the [...]
Why we’re right to condemn YouTube star Logan Paul January 2, 2018 On Sunday, YouTuber Logan Paul uploaded a video of an apparent suicide victim in Japan. Paul, who has 15 million subscribers, was with his friends at the base of Mount Fuji, in a forest notorious for suicides. It wasn’t long before the criticism started. One commenter called out Logan Paul for the ‘disrespectful’ way [...]
Floods, hurricanes and earthquakes – triggers of financial crises? January 2, 2018 | City Talk After the global financial meltdown of 2007–2008, a common question among market participants is whether we will be able to predict the next one before it happens. At the recent University of Virginia (UVa) Investing Conference, Robert Bruner, Dean Emeritus and current professor of UVa’s Darden School of Business, provided a primer on what [...]
UK house prices: 10 Locations where property values have risen most in 2017 December 28, 2017 A seaside town in Somerset is the biggest winner from rising property prices this year, growing more than 10 per cent since January, new research reveals. Homes in Cleveland grew in value by 11.6 per cent, more than any other place in Britain and ahead of the 3.5 per cent average growth across the country [...]
Revealed: Royal Mail special stamps to be released in 2018 December 27, 2017 If you're thinking of jazzing up your stamp collection in the new year, good news: Royal Mail has unveiled the calendar for its 2018 Special Stamp programme, which will include tributes to a beloved comedy series, one of the UK's most iconic palaces, and the military. The RAF Centenary, which celebrates the oldest independent air [...]
Indian economy to overtake UK and France next year as march of Asian economies continues December 26, 2017 The surging Indian economy will overtake the UK and France during the course of 2018 to become the fifth largest in the world, according to forecasts published today. Continued booming growth in India will contribute towards a rapid reorientation of the world’s economy towards Asia over the next 15 years, according to the research by [...]
Editor’s Notes: Predictions are for fools, but here are a few to mull over, may the bitcoin ride continue in 2018 and the best statistic of the year December 22, 2017 Winston Churchill once said “I always avoid prophesying beforehand because it is much better to prophesy after the event has already taken place.” Wise words, which were roundly ignored at a City lunch this week where we went around the table to offer our predictions for 2018. Contributions ranged from the sensible to the more [...]