The six rules of successfully socialising after work September 8, 2016 Following two drug-related deaths, the nightclub Fabric has closed its doors, leaving London with one less sticky floor to dance on when your team finishes work for the week. Maybe a nightclub isn’t an ideal place to take colleagues anyway. Or maybe you’re a disciple of Jeremy Corbyn, who wouldn’t do something so sexist as [...]
Why more firms – from ad agencies to video game companies – are considering EMBAs September 8, 2016 Since Henley Business School started its MBA for Music and Creative Industries in 2011, the number of industry-specific courses being launched has shown little sign of letting up. Most recently, Hertfordshire-based Ashridge Executive Education announced it would offer an EMBA for the Creative Industries for the first time this year. A key group the part-time [...]
From networking to a grounding in the basics, an EMBA could help you make the jump into finance September 8, 2016 There is no guarantee that an Executive MBA will be a ticket into banking. That said, approximately 30 per cent of graduates from Cass and Cambridge Judge Business School go on to take a job in financial services, and top investment banks are still recruiting directly out of business schools. The key, according to a [...]
Private equity body names industry veteran as new chairman September 7, 2016 LPEQ, a trade body for listed private equity firms, has named industry veteran Mark Florman as its new chairman. The former chief executive of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) started in his role this week. Read more: UK private equity firm makes Star investment in German IT company Florman told City [...]
Union uproar over ITV plans to close pension scheme September 7, 2016 Broadcaster ITV is under fire from unions over plans to close its pension scheme. The company has told staff it plans to shut its defined benefits pension scheme to future accruals. Under the change, those benefits built up within the current scheme would remain in place. However, future proceeds would be put into a new defined [...]
Sports Direct investors vote against chair Keith Hellawell’s re-election as he vows to leave next year if he fails to win over shareholders September 7, 2016 Investors in troubled British retailer Sports Direct today voted against the re-election of chairman Keith Hellawell as chairman of the board – but he's not in any rush to leave. Hellawell said he will step down next year if he does not receive the backing of independent shareholders at the 2017 annual general meeting (AGM), after 53 [...]
How the Brexit vote is scaring investors away from traditional asset classes September 7, 2016 The UK’s Brexit vote is putting investors off traditional asset classes, new research suggests. Some 13 per cent of active investors said they have steered clear of currency markets since the EU referendum, while 10 per cent have pulled away from government bonds and nine per cent have been discouraged from investing in equities. Read [...]
These are the best and worst sectors for making money from crowdfunding September 7, 2016 Want to make some money from investing in crowdfunding projects? It might be a good idea to avoid the entertainment sector and aim for food and drinks projects. Crowdfunding platform Seedrs has today published its first ever “portfolio update”, claiming a platform-wide annualised rate of return of 14.44 per cent. The figure is 41.87 per cent [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Leadership in a warzone – What one man learned from building an orchestra in Iraq September 7, 2016 Conductor Paul MacAlindin was in a cafe in rain-soaked Scotland when he read an Iraqi girl was looking for someone to put together a national youth orchestra. Eight years later MacAlindin explains the lessons he learned about leadership from the experience – from the challenge of finding instruments that stayed in tune to the difficulties [...]
Omnis benefits from Woodford’s expertise and attracts large inflows in 2016 September 7, 2016 While some retail funds struggle to stem the tide of outflows, Omnis has bucked the trend thanks to investment icon Neil Woodford. Omnis’ UK equity fund, which is managed by the former Invesco Perpetual grandee, attracted more than £100m in its first six months having launched in March 2016. “The partnership with Woodford Investment Management is [...]
