Exclusive: Half of charities concerned about investors’ ESG credentials October 14, 2021 Nearly half of all senior executives who work for charities with at least £1m of investible assets, are ‘very concerned’ about the ability of the investment management advisers to meet their organisation’s ethical requirements. A further 49 per cent say they are ‘quite concerned about this’, according to research from the charity investment arm of [...]
Salary slaves: 2021’s best and worst paid industries and the UK’s fastest-growing sectors October 14, 2021 Earlier this week, City A.M. revealed private equity firms are prepared to pay junior staff with less than two years experience an average salary of more than £152,000, a jump of 52 per cent compared to two years ago. For those with two to four years of experience, an salary of around £181,000 has become [...]
Uefa hands clubs power over Champions League rights in joint venture with ECA October 13, 2021 Uefa will take a step into the unknown on Thursday when it formally launches its search for an agency to help it make more money from the men’s Champions League. European football’s governing body has worked hand in glove with its favoured partner, Team Marketing, since the inception of its flagship competition almost 30 years [...]
Pure Planet and Colorado Energy fall victim to gas price surge – CityAM : CityAM October 13, 2021 UPDATE: BBC Newsnight has reported that CNG Energy will also cease trading after its parent company stopped supplying the firm with gas. The UK’s energy crisis has claimed two more challenger companies as Pure Planet and Colorado Energy ceased trading tonight. 250,000 Brits are now ‘orphaned’ – without a provider – while the energy regulator [...]
Clean energy investment crucial for reducing market volatility, says oil body October 13, 2021 Global volatility in the energy market and further price rises will continue without a major boost in clean energy investment, warns the International Energy Agency. Executive director Fatih Birol believes the transition to net-zero carbon emissions will remain unstable, unless future energy needs can be financed. As economies shift from fossil fuels and less sustainable [...]
Coronavirus breakthrough: Stunned scientists discover uncommon antibody in 45-year old man that halts most Covid variants – CityAM : CityAM October 13, 2021 Scientists were left stunned after they discovered a natural Covid antibody that seems to neutralise multiple Coronavirus variants. The ‘potent’ antibody was reportedly found in a 45-year old man who recovered from Covid-19 more than three months ago. One of the antibodies, labelled as ‘54042-4’, seemed to be able to halt multiple mutations, including the [...]
Exclusive: Square Mile veteran Ian Mattioli MBE says a ‘feeding frenzy’ is raging through the City October 13, 2021 Mattioli Woods is undoubtedly one of the best known firms in the City. Founded in 1991 by Ian Mattioli and Bob Woods, the wealth manager floated on the LSE in 2005. These days, the group has around 600 employees that together manage around £12bn in assets for 10,000 clients. In an exclusive interview, City A.M. [...]
5 Steps to Becoming a Better Communicator October 13, 2021 | Sponsored Communicating should be easy, we speak and everything else should naturally follow and fall into place, but we know it is more complicated than that. Have you ever struggled to get your point across? Are you unsure how to handle certain conversations? Worried you may offend so don’t end up saying much at all? These [...]
Why don’t people listen? October 13, 2021 | Sponsored There are a number of reasons why people don’t listen to you, and as uncomfortable as it can be, we have to look at ourselves and what we do or say can cause people to tune out. Here are seven reasons why people don’t listen: 1. You don’t listen Ask yourself, ‘Do I listen?’ You [...]
Flexible working more important than salary for three in four professionals October 13, 2021 Flexible working has overtaken salary as the top benefit to employees, highlighting that flexibility and autonomy over the working day is now more important than financial reward for most workers. Three quarters of respondents of a new survey believe that in the future having an office space will be considered an employee benefit as opposed [...]