By: Edith Hancock

I edit The Capitalist, City A.M.'s diary. I cover the parties, gossip and lighter side of news in the Square Mile. Got a story? reach me at thecapitalist@cityam.com

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As summer party season heats up, we asked legendary gatecrasher Karl Power how to get into the City’s finest parties

April 21, 2016

It's that time of year again – champagne cocktails, awkward smalltalk and roof terraces that are slightly too cold for comfort: it's summer party season in the Square Mile. The Capitalist was warmly invited to a certain City brokerage's late Christmas party this week, but reporting on the event has been banned by the firm's [...]
Fitzrovia cafe Caffix, which once sold everything for £1 has shut down to review its business model

April 20, 2016

A pound shop cafe in swish Fitzrovia has shut down after almost 12 months as it has to review its business model. Caffix, which opened on Newman Street in west London last June, said it set itself a mission "to enable the people of London to eat fresh and pay less," charging punters in the area [...]
Tinder chief exec Sean Rad continues to reject The Capitalist, as the tech boss talks recruitment at Advertising Week

April 20, 2016

To Shaftesbury Avenue, where Tinder chief executive Sean Rad met with Cosmopolitan editor Farrah Storr to talk all about online presence, personal brands, recruiting and the dreaded game of romance. Regular readers may remember The Capitalist's heartbreak when she matched with the tech boss on his own dating app, only to be abruptly unmatched when the [...]
Golfers are being asked to stake a stand on Brexit, with the promise of David Cameron or Boris Johnson’s face on a golf ball

April 20, 2016

If the legal saga at Wentworth Golf Club has taught us anything, it's that City putters are highly skilled operators and know how to handle a campaign. Knowing their clients all too well, one luxury travel firm is giving its clients free golf balls with David Cameron and Boris Johnson's face on them to find out whether [...]
Who’s going to be on the Bank of England’s new £20 note? Beatrix Potter, JMW Turner and Banksy are all in the running, but David Bowie is not

April 20, 2016

So long, Adam Smith. We hardly knew ye. The father of modern economics may have given us the foundations of the free market, but he's being unceremoniously ditched by the Bank of England as the face of the £20 this week. Not that he's in bad company, mind – others who have been loved and lost [...]
Monument Global gloat after the investment firm takes home the London Stock Exchange Darts championship trophy

April 20, 2016

News reaches The Capitalist that brokers at Winterflood Securities just aren't what they used to be. That's as far as Bully boys from investment firm Monument Global are concerned, at least. The group took on City boys from the likes of Winterflood, KBW, Macquarie and Jeffries last month to take home the special prize at the annual London Stock Exchange Darts Competition. The [...]
Citywealth chief exec Karen Jones gets a say in the City of London

April 20, 2016

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Barclays wants young people to learn real life skills, so it’s putting them in a virtual reality box in lieu of work experience

April 20, 2016

You simply can't underestimate the importance of work experience. Most employers will tell you that a short internship in a real life office does far more than a university course in preparing you for the working world. Keen to show young people what a real workspace is like, Barclays has launched a virtual reality "LifeSkills Pod" for students at Lister [...]
The FCA warns financial advisers shouldn’t accept corporate freebies, but London’s hedge fund set have nothing to fear after last night’s investor awards double-bill

April 19, 2016

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Mayoral hopeful Zac Goldsmith’s team rush to his driver’s defence, after the Tory MP’s campaign bus appeared to be stuck in a suspended parking bay

April 19, 2016

When one bidder at the Conservative party's Black and White Gala shelled out £35,000 for a day on the campaign trail with Zac Goldsmith, did they think they would be paying for his parking tickets? The Tory mayoral hopeful has failed to answer basic questions about transport in the capital in the past, and now Londoners are trying [...]

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