A City pro is out to save pensions September 29, 2013 Venture capitalist Edi Truell is injecting private equity thinking to the public sector. Michael Bow hears why. THE HIGH-OCTANE arena of venture capital is not a natural fit for the sedate world of town hall pensions. But just tell that to Edi Truell, the venture capitalist tasked with shaking up London’s £4.6bn public sector pension [...]
A feast fit for a king to raise money for our real heroes September 29, 2013 THE Square Mile Salute: a feast fit for a king led by culinary legends, Albert Roux OBE, KFO and Michel Roux Jr; including a Royal Reception prepared by the Royal chef, Mark Flanagan, chef to Prince Albert of Monaco, Christian Garcia and The Royal Automobile Club’s executive chef Philip Corrick. Friday 18 October sees the [...]
Best of the Brokers for 30 September 2013 September 29, 2013 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com COUNTRYWIDE Broker Panmure Gordon has retained its “buy” recommendation with a price target of 700p. it follows the prospect of a share placing to raise the free float of the company’s to 55 per cent. Panmure said the company gave “exposure to a [...]
London Report: UK data to show the economy in healthier state September 29, 2013 EXPECTED improvements in the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data for manufacturing, construction and services this week should all point to further signs of the UK’s economic growth. “The purchasing managers’ surveys are expected to show further robust growth in September across the services, manufacturing and construction sectors which would bode well for hopes that GDP [...]
New York Report: Wall St awaits US government funding news September 29, 2013 WITH a possible US government shutdown days away, Wall Street still has not come down with a critical case of fiscal fever despite forecasts that failure to resolve the federal budget standoff could be catastrophic. The benchmark S&P 500 is up more than three per cent for September, which has traditionally been described as the [...]
Four charts that show how US consumer demand is taking off September 27, 2013 US consumer demand is its strongest since spring 2010, according to data published by the Institute for Business Cycle Analyses. The data has seen continual improvement to a positive trend that developed since May to June 2013. Despite a four year period of weakness, the monthly and three-month moving average index for food and other [...]
Evans says Fed can’t provide as stimulus as it would like while unemployment remains high September 27, 2013 The Federal Reserve's resident mega dove Charles Evans has said that the Fed can't provide as much stimulus as it wants. Evans see unemployment too high, and inflation too low. Evans topped that off by saying that the Fed sees itself as non-partisan and non-political. Afraid I'm not buying it.
US shoppers less confident as consumer sentiment falls in September September 27, 2013 Shoppers in the US are less confident when it comes to spending this month. Reuters/Michigan consumer sentiment dropped for September to 77.5, missing predictions of 78.0, below last month's figure of 82.1 and its lowest in five months. Consumers experienced higher interest rates and a muted economy with squabbles in congress, potential government shutdown and [...]
Church of England snaps up 314 RBS branches September 27, 2013 Church of England backed consortium Williams & Glyn's has agreed the purchase of 314 branches from state-backed bank RBS, with Corsair Capital and Centerbridge Partners also in on the deal (release). RBS was required to divest 308 branches as a condition of the state assistance it receives. The consortium will put £600m of investment into [...]
US personal spending and income data a little stronger in August September 27, 2013 US data a little stronger this afternoon, but nothing surprising – all in-line with analyst estimates. Personal spending growth up from 0.1 per cent to 0.3 per cent in August. Personal income is up even more, up 0.4 per cent from last month's 0.1 per cent. That's the biggest gain since March. Paul Ashworth, chief [...]