Football’s equaliser gets a good kicking May 22, 2014 FINANCIAL Fair play (FFP) has been big news of late. It’s splitting opinions across Europe and with this in mind City A.M. held a lively roundtable last night, bringing together some experts together to discuss the contentious topic. Despite what is sounds like, financial fair play doesn’t put the City in the limelight but instead, [...]
Citibank’s Sean Mooney shows he’s got the brains and brawn May 22, 2014 THE SOPHISTICATED and the brutal met in the City last night at Oracle’s Chess Boxing Gala in The Grange Hotel, St Paul’s, with Citibank’s Sean Mooney storming to victory in the final match. It may seem like an odd coupling but the combination of chess and boxing has made for a popular sport, taking off [...]
Joining the dots from east to west May 22, 2014 High speed rail network Crossrail will arrive in 2018. Here are the new homes cropping up along the route ACTON MAIN LINE NAPIER SQUARE from £975,000 A luxury development of 23 new three, four and five-bedroom town houses in a gated community. 020 8811 2336 / napiermews.co.uk FARRINGDON GAZZANO from £920,000 This new development seven [...]
What the experts say: Will the arrival of Crossrail really push up property prices? May 22, 2014 Everyone’s heard that line, imparted as a pearl of wisdom, that it would be wise to buy a property near a new Crossrail station before prices shoot up. But will the high speed rail network really impact on house prices and should it make you think differently about where you’re buying? A number of developers [...]
Charles Dickens’ penny savings bank up for sale May 22, 2014 Grand financial institution sure to be a hit in trendy Clerkenwell BUILDINGS that do business usually stay that way. It used to be rare for people to live in old offices and factories, but now many more are coming onto the market as agents take advantage of the residential boom. “I certainly have never come [...]
Escape the dizzying heights of Dubai May 22, 2014 Discover wild side of the UAE’s lowest new development THE ENDURING mental image conjured by Dubai is one of sparkling steel towers reaching so far into the sky they’re in danger of bothering a deity. The city’s reputation as a paean to Middle Eastern wealth and excess, a hub of consumerism and hotel franchises, means [...]
Q and A May 22, 2014 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOUGLAS & GORDON The Bank of England is deploying the Mortgage Market Review to cool the property market down, but sometimes good old market forces can, and usually do, take care of things on their own. Land Registry figures show a fall in average house prices of 0.4 per cent in a month. [...]
Focus on… Ladbroke Grove: Feeling the love for Ladbroke Grove May 22, 2014 IT MAY be a small area, but Ladbroke Grove in west London is making a big impact on the property market. The area just north of Kensington and south of Paddington is a bustling collection of tree-lined streets packed with boutique shops, independent restaurants and Portobello Road Market. “It’s set itself apart from nearby areas [...]
Spotlight on financial fair play in football: Uefa’s new fair play rules are called offside May 22, 2014 THE FAIRNESS of football’s so-called financial fair play (FFP) rules, which last week saw English champions Manchester City hit with a raft of punishments, was the overriding theme of last night’s City A.M. roundtable event. The debate, sponsored by BT Sport and held at its City of London premises, attracted a stellar audience, including former FA [...]
IG Group expects to reach profit target despite revenue warning May 22, 2014 IG GROUP, the spreadbetting trading platform, yesterday said a quiet trading period this month would hurt full-year revenues. The group, which allows consumers to bet on the price movement of financial products, said trading in May had been subdued since it last updated the market in March. The group is expected to release its full [...]
