Cameron was winner, say our panellists April 22, 2010 DAVID Cameron won last night’s debate convincingly, according to a rapid response panel of City A.M. readers. We asked a rapid response group from our panel of London’s financiers and business professionals to score each of the leaders out of 10 for their performance in the debate, and to give them a second mark for [...]
Borrowing at highest level since WWII April 22, 2010 THE BRITISH government borrowed £163.4bn during the last financial year, the highest amount since World War Two but still slightly below government forecasts. The level of borrowing, which is at more than 11 per cent of national income, was £3.6bn lower than Alistair Darling’s Budget forecast of £167bn. The huge budget deficit pushed public sector [...]
Economy grew faster under the Tories, says think-tank April 22, 2010 GORDON Brown’s claim to economic competence will receive another blow today, when a respected think-tank says the economy performed better under Tory rule between 1979 and 1997 than it has under Labour. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) will say that the economy under Labour has grown at an average of two [...]
Lib Dems release Nick Clegg’s bank details in bid to prove innocence April 22, 2010 THE Liberal Democrats last night released records of Nick Clegg’s private bank statements in a bid to refute allegations that he acted improperly by accepting party donations in his private account. The accounts show that the Liberal Democrat leader received payments from three private donors directly into his personal account. The payments were made between [...]
ELECTION2010 April 22, 2010 Tories warn on credit rating David Cameron yesterday warned that a hung parliament would put Britain’s much coveted AAA credit rating at risk and cause a spike in government borrowing costs. And he said that unless one party emerges with a clear majority, interest rates will increase while sterling will come under pressure. His comments [...]
Credit Suisse results fail to wow market April 22, 2010 CREDIT Suisse disappointed investors with declining margins in its private client business yesterday, even though net profit ticked up slightly, in line with expectations. Group income in the first quarter was SwFr2.06bn (£1.27bn) – marginally higher than the SwFr2.01bn generated this time last year. The group, which has missed the bounce enjoyed by its American [...]
Gaining from UBS strife April 22, 2010 WITH UBS caught in a maelstrom, its major rival Credit Suisse has been clearing up. Its private banking division raked in SwFr12.9bn in new assets from wealth management clients in the first three months of the year, up from SwFr5.4bn in the fourth quarter of last year and SwFr9.6bn in the same period of 2009. [...]
Axa buys $1.9bn private equity funds from BoA April 22, 2010 AXA Private Equity yesterday bought a $1.9bn (£1.2bn) portfolio of private equity funds from Bank of America, one of the industry’s biggest-ever deals and a sign of returning confidence after the crisis. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Vincent Gombault, Axa Private Equity managing director for funds of funds, said the current environment [...]
Schwarzer heroics rescue tired Fulham April 22, 2010 HAMBURG (0) v/s FULHAM (0) FULHAM goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer admitted the West Londoners had been drained by an epic coach journey to Germany after holding Hamburg to a draw in the first leg of their semi-final. Schwarzer excelled, making several crucial saves, as the Cottagers came through a testing 90 minutes that they spent mainly [...]
Boss eats his words as DFS agrees a sale April 22, 2010 LORD Kirkham, the founder of the DFS sofa chain, is set for a big payday after agreeing a deal to sell the retailer to private equity firm Advent International for an estimated £500m. The move is a stark U-turn for Kirkham, who only last month said he was “categorically not interested in selling the business” [...]
