CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 14, 2010 Cazenove Capital The asset management firm has appointed Louis Greening as a desk-based UK advisory sales consultant. Greening joins from Skandia, where he has worked in the London-based sales team for the past two years. Prior to that, he was at Friends Provident. In his new role, he will be responsible for building new relationships [...]
Pay schemes win marks for Lloyds names January 13, 2010 LLOYDS of London insurers Amlin and Hiscox get top marks for running pay schemes that attract and retain good staff, while transparently linking incentives to performance. A report by Collins Stewart found that Hiscox and above all Amlin lead the industry on pay and performance. Beazley was described as “work in progress,” Hardy and Novae [...]
Sell-off in bank and mining shares rocks the FTSE 100 January 13, 2010 BRITAIN’S leading share index shed 0.5 per cent yesterday as weakness in commodity and banking issues countered gains in selected defensive stocks, reflecting fading risk appetite among some investors. At the close, the FTSE 100 was 25.23 points lower at 5,473.48, having lost 0.7 per cent on Tuesday following China’s decision to tighten banks’ reserve [...]
Abbey takes Spanish brand January 11, 2010 SPANISH banking giant Santander yesterday signalled that it would join the growing ranks of buyers circling the branches being sold off by Northern Rock, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland. Chairman Emilio Botín yesterday said that the bank would “take advantage of opportunities” in the UK. Branches up for sale include more than 300 from [...]
Strength in energy issues is offset by weakness in miners January 11, 2010 BRITAIN’S leading share index ended flat yesterday with strength in energy issues countering a sell-off in miners, weak financial issues and uncertain progress on Wall Street. At the close, the FTSE 100 index was up 3.83 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 5,538.07, having touched a 16-month intraday peak of 5,600.48 early in the session. [...]
CITY EYE January 11, 2010 Inside the Lloyds of London “Inside-Out” Building things are looking up,with a dizzying view of the atrium
Osmond launches £500m buyout fund January 10, 2010 ENTREPRENEUR Hugh Osmond will this week announce plans to float a £500m turnaround vehicle on the London Stock Exchange. The Horizon fund, expected to list before the end of January, will target one large investment in a consumer-facing business. Advisers from Osmond’s private equity firm Sun Capital have drawn up a long list of prospective [...]
£50m payday for Paulson Europe team January 7, 2010 PAULSON Europe, the UK arm of the hedge fund that made £400m betting against British banks during the financial crisis, boosted its revenues by 42 per cent last year. Four directors shared more than £50m for the 12 months to March as profits soared, according to the latest accounts. The highest-paid director, thought to be [...]
Miners push FTSE higher but M&S weighs on retail shares January 7, 2010 BRITAIN’S top shares added 0.1 percent yesterday as a rally by heavyweight miners, in tandem with stronger metal prices, offset weakness in energy issues, with retailers upset by a disappointing update from M&S. At the close, the FTSE 100 index was 7.54 points higher at 5,530.04, another 16-month closing high. “It looks like the big [...]
Bonus supertax to raise up to £3bn as firms pay in full January 5, 2010 SENIOR bankers have told City A.M. that the government’s supertax on bank bonuses will not reduce City payouts, predicting the levy will raise up to £3bn as firms cough up to protect their London employees. That is six times the £550m tax take predicted by chancellor Alistair Darling when introducing the 50 per cent levy [...]