City Moves for 27 February 2014 | Who’s switching jobs February 26, 2014 Royal London GroupThe mutual life and pensions company has announced the appointment of Tim Harris as a finance director and member of its board. He joins from Torus, where he is currently group chief finance officer. Harris has previously held senior finance roles at Aviva and PwC. InceThe law firm has appointed Hugh O’Donovan as [...]
Best of the Brokers for 27 February 2014 February 26, 2014 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com ASHMORE UBS keeps its “hold” rating on the emerging markets investment group but cuts it target from 405p to 355p following results on Tuesday. While the broker thinks Ashmore’s long-term fundamentals are still strong, it believes fees could continue to fall short of [...]
London Report: Tesco drags FTSE lower as analyst downgrades hit February 26, 2014 ANALYST cuts prompted a rush to the exits for investors in retailer Tesco, weighing on the blue-chip FTSE 100 yesterday and dragging it further away from a recent multi-year high. Nomura, Oriel, Cantor and Jefferies were among those brokers yesterday that cut ratings or price targets on Tesco, the world’s third-largest retailer, just a day [...]
New York Report: Markets steady ahead of Fed chair quizzing February 26, 2014 US stocks finished flat yesterday with investors hesitant to make a big move on the day before comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, though retailers’ shares rallied on results for a second day. The S&P 500 once again briefly broke above its 2013 year-end closing level of 1,848.36, which has served as resistance, but [...]
Letters to the Editor – 27/02 – Baby boom, Socialist Venezuela, Best of Twitter February 26, 2014 Baby boom [Re: In Britain, recessions mean more babies. In the US, births fall, yesterday] Allister Heath is right to draw attention to the remarkable rise in UK fertility rates in the 2000s, and that this is good news for our economic future, provided we build the houses and schools that we will need. However, [...]
Tailoring your EMBA: How the right focus can boost your career February 26, 2014 But choosing the right electives is just one half of ensuring you get the most out of your executive education REGARDLESS of why you may choose to study an executive MBA (EMBA), the experience can make a huge difference to ambitious professionals wanting to progress past middle management. But moving up the career ladder via [...]
The Case Study: London Business School February 26, 2014 THE DIFFICULT decisions for executive MBA (EMBA) candidates don’t begin and end with the choice of business school. Once offers are accepted, students are faced with an enormous range of study options. London Business School’s (LBS) 20-month EMBA programme is a prime example of how candidates can tailor a course to suit their career goals. [...]
Watch out for wearable tech at MWC 2014 February 26, 2014 Keep your friends close and your technology closer: the latest wrist-friendly gadgets Mobile World Congress is a phone geek’s dream – a time when the great and good of the mobile industry showcases what we can look forward to for the rest of the year. While recent years have been somewhat thinner on the ground [...]
Champions League: Chelsea fans urged to roar team through by Mourinho February 26, 2014 GALATASARAY 1 CHELSEA 1 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho has called on Blues fans to help their team reach the last-16 of the Champions League by reproducing “10 per cent” of the red-hot atmosphere that spurred Galatasaray’s comeback in the Turk Telekom Arena last night. The Blues took an early lead through striker Fernando Torres, but [...]
England set to welcome back centre Tuilagi February 26, 2014 ENGLAND centre Manu Tuilagi is poised to rejoin the squad next week following a chest injury, but coach Stuart Lancaster has played down his chances of featuring in the Six Nations title run-in. Tuilagi has not played since September due to a torn pectoral muscle that eventually needed surgery but is in contention to return [...]
