New dictionary words: How well do you know this year’s finance entries? October 24, 2014 Hear ye, hear ye, financial wordsmiths – the 12th edition of the Collins English Dictionary was out yesterday, and with it 50,000 new words to add to your Scrabble repertoire. The financial crisis has definitely taken hold at Collins HQ, with 14 new financial additions to the dictionary, including Fed chief Janet Yellen's ever-popular "taper" [...]
LandAid Day at the Leadenhall Building: Property chiefs enjoy cheesiest view in the City October 23, 2014 LandAid Day, the property industry’s annual fundraising bash, came to an end in lofty fashion last night at the top of the Leadenhall Building (aka The Cheesegrater). The industry’s biggest names got together to add their pennies to the pot, including Liz Peace CBE, the outgoing chief of British Property Federation (BPF), Tristram Gethin, [...]
City A.M. jigs with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Liam Brady and Sean Mulryan at the Irish Post awards October 23, 2014 The London Hilton played host to the toast of Irish business and entertainment last night at the Irish Post awards. Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, football legend Liam Brady, Renishaw founder Sir David McMurtry and billionaire property developer Sean Mulryan of Ballymore Group all received awards – with City A.M. managing director Lawson Muncaster making an [...]
GHO Capital Partners’ finance boss to open Private Equity Combat Sports class for Krav Maga fans October 23, 2014 The first rule of fight club, is you do not talk about fight club. But what about the first rule of private equity fight club? We’re not talking about punch-ups over the last croissant outside The Savoy Grill, the PE industry is to get its own combat class – organised by an industry insider. Duncan [...]
No more nights on the tiles as City workers face Cinderella curfews October 22, 2014 NO ENTERTAINING clients past midnight and a ban on doing shots are just two of the new rules investment banks are imposing on their employees, according to employment law firm, GQ Employment Law. The law firm has suggested a tightening of codes of conduct at some financial institutions in a bid to change public perceptions [...]
Saracens rugby star Alex Goode tries his hand at trading October 22, 2014 HE MAY have been announced as part of England’s squad for the autumn internationals a few hours earlier, but this didn’t stop Saracens rugby star Alex Goode from trying his hand at some trading at Afex, in aid of rugby charity Restart. Goode and around 20 of his rugby comrades hit the phones, all attempting [...]
Lloyds’ Antonio Horta-Osorio has a dig at economists at Institute of Chartered Accountants event October 21, 2014 Antonio Horta-Osorio knows how to play an audience. At last night’s Institute of Chartered Accountants event at KPMG, the Lloyds boss charmed the accountants in the room… by throwing economists to the lions. “Sadly I’m not an accountant myself,” he started “But I’ve never let that hold me back! “To be fair though, it’s probably [...]
After tourist gets trapped in Waterstones, Airbnb teams up to offer a night’s stay in Piccadilly store October 21, 2014 When the story of David Willis, the man who was stuck in a Waterstones store at night, emerged last week, team Airbnb smelled an opportunity. Why not offer a night’s stay in the store? Luckily Waterstones’ retail director Rik McShane agreed. “Amidst the story were a great many messages from people exclaiming how much they [...]
Techcrunch Disrupt: Mike Butcher and Morten Lund‘s make-up selfie October 21, 2014 Techcrunch Disrupt came to a close last night, and with it the City’s hosting of mini-Silicon Valley. Tweeters were almost united in their favourite talk of the conference – between early Skype investor and Danish VC, Morten Lund and TechCrunch editor Mike Butcher. This is their pre-stage snazzy selfie.
TechCrunch Disrupt: Neelie Kroes dodges Jean-Claude Juncker question as AOL’s Tim Armstrong denies Yahoo merger October 20, 2014 European Union digital commissioner Neelie Kroes performed some masterful sidestepping at TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference in Old Billingsgate. The outgoing head enjoyed a grilling from TechCrunch’s editor-at-large Mike Butcher on stage including a cheeky question about her boss, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and his rumoured appreciation of fine wine. Butcher jokingly asked if Juncker liked [...]
