When fintechs and banks go speed dating February 8, 2017 While the seemingly age-old debate about whether fintech startups will kill banks still rages on, FinovateEurope demonstrates why that question is now largely redundant – things have moved on. The 80 startups on stage at the two day event in the heart of the City are pitching the banks, insurers and City institutions in attendance more [...]
Has the PR industry missed the search marketing boat? February 8, 2017 Do you know how the Google search engine ranks websites? When you enter a search term, its “bots” scan billions of web pages and, in milliseconds, follow 200 or so “signals” to decide what to present to you in a SERP (Search Engine Results Page), that list of sites that you see. Google’s chief concern [...]
Hargreaves Lansdown profits jump as retail investors put money to work around Brexit February 8, 2017 Profits before tax at retail broker Hargreaves Lansdown grew by more than a fifth in the second half of 2016, as booming inflows stymied fears investors would hold on to their cash after the Brexit vote. The figures Pre-tax profits rose 21 per cent in the last six months of 2016 compared with the first half [...]
Podcast: Meet the most powerful woman in advertising February 8, 2017 The Unregulated team welcomes Karen Blackett, chairman of MediaCom UK and the most powerful woman in the UK’s ad industry, to discuss growing up in the sector, how its attitudes to women and ethnic minorities have changed – and why she is a secret lemonade drinker… You can subscribe to City A.M. Unregulated on Audioboom [...]
Exit the beancounter: Here’s the qualities you need to be a successful CFO February 8, 2017 The chief financial officer of today is a far cry from the rigid, number crunching executive of old. No longer a square peg, a great chief financial officer is a rounded leader who can add value beyond the finance function and deliver business results. Ally and equal to the chief executive The ability to influence [...]
City Moves for 8 February 2017 – who’s switching jobs? February 8, 2017 Today's City Moves cover banking and online travel. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Aldermore Specialist lender and savings bank Aldermore has appointed two leading industry figures to its business finance team to drive further growth in its asset finance lending operations. Patrick Jelly joins the Bank as commercial director for asset finance. [...]
The rising tide of inflation: Investment ideas to protect your portfolio February 8, 2017 Inflation is a real bogeyman for investors, and it rankles most when you don’t see it coming. Few predicted the oil price rebound at the end of last year – a big influence on prices – or the optimism which caused yields to rise after Donald Trump’s election. The threat that rising prices will erode wealth [...]
LinkedIn’s first job of the week is pretty sweet: A chocolate taster at Cadbury-maker Mondelez February 7, 2017 Feeling hungry for a new challenge? Have a taste for adventure and want to apply for a new job? Well, now's your chance. LinkedIn has unveiled its first job of the week and it is in fact a chocolate taster with the maker of Cadbury and Milka, Mondelez International. You may laugh, but chocolate tasting [...]
UK fintech VC investment plunged by a third last year while China overtook the US February 7, 2017 The cash being ploughed into the UK's fintech startups dwindled by a third in 2016, falling under the $1bn mark due to the uncertainty surrounding Brexit – but the country grasped on to its position as the third most attractive country in the world for venture capital investors in the sector.. Funding also fell for US fintech startups in similarly tumultuous political [...]
City Moves for 7 February 2017 – who’s switching jobs? February 7, 2017 Today's City Moves cover cyber security, energy and tax. Take a look at these movers and shakers: PwC PwC has hired Kate Macmillan as a director in its rapidly expanding cyber security and data privacy legal team in London. Kate joins from Collyer Bristow with 20 years’ experience in data protection and privacy litigation, specialising [...]
