Peel Hunt bash celebrates 25 years in the City October 2, 2014 Clients and friends of Peel Hunt flocked to Banking Hall last night to toast the brokerage’s 25th birthday. “We’re as old as the Nintendo Gameboy and The Simpsons,” laughed managing partner Steven Fine. CEO Simon Hayes was as proud as punch, having spent 21 years at the firm. “Mr Peel and Mr Hunt are actually [...]
From Building Public Trust to European Diversity, the award for night with most awards held goes to… October 2, 2014 There’ll be some sore heads and award-laden pockets around the City this morning as its firms were treated to a variety of award ceremonies last night. PwC’s Building Public Trust awards took place on Park Lane, where four gongs were handed out recognising excellence in corporate reporting (no more pertinent an award in light of [...]
100 Women in Hedge Funds: MPC new girl Kristin Forbes’s talk goes from Bard to verse October 1, 2014 Kristin Forbes, the American economist who became one of the Bank of England’s newbies this summer, could have been a breath of fresh air. She’s the first woman to serve on the bank’s rate-setting committee for five years – she could have really shaken things up. But alas, she’s toeing the party line… of shoehorning [...]
Julius Baer’s Next Generation Summit leaves CEO Boris Collardi feeling a bit horse October 1, 2014 Attendees of Julius Baer’s Next Generation Summit in The Crystal at Royal Victoria Docks yesterday were no doubt looking forward to seeing the wealth manager’s chief Boris Collardi give his welcome address. But it turned out to be no more than a welcome smile, because poor Collardi lost his voice. “He has to just sit [...]
HSBC’s Carole Plant joins 100 leading ladies October 1, 2014 Somerset House played host to some of the UK’s most successful women last night as photographer Nancy Honey launched her new portrait book, 100 Leading Ladies. The business world got more than a passing nod, with Coast chief Kate Bostock, former chief of Lloyds TSB Scotland Lady Susan Rice and HSBC’s Carole Plant. “I came [...]
Conservative party conference: Sol Campbell hates Ed Miliband’s mansion tax … loves castles September 30, 2014 Never a dull moment at the Tory party conference, especially when you’ve got football legend Sol Campbell tweeting on your side. The former Arsenal and England star sent a series of messages yesterday ripping into Labour’s plans for a mansion tax. “An Englishman’s home is his castle, there will be uproar with this tax!” he [...]
Restaurant legend Chris Corbin takes a swipe at Chiltern Firehouse September 30, 2014 Restaurateurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, the duo behind The Wolseley and The Delaunay, are waking up to their third day as hoteliers this morning, having opened The Beaumont this week. Artist Antony Gormley was the first person to stay in the hotel’s automaton-like ROOM, which he designed. “Typical artist, he came out complaining,” [...]
Nat Rothschild enters Lions’ den to win over cabbies with Maaxi taxi app September 29, 2014 Financier Nathaniel Rothschild is to go up against controversial travel app Uber, launching a new ride-share application called Maaxi, which will facilitate cheaper black cab rides by grouping customers travelling to the same destination. He has teamed up with Argentine technology heavyweight Gabriel Campos, the former CEO of gaming website Pokerstars, to bring the [...]
Downton actor Jim Carter stars as Hacks outshine Flacks in charity cricket match September 29, 2014 City spinners showed up in their droves to take on journalists and ex-England international cricketers in the annual charity Hacks verses Flacks cricket and rounders matches at the weekend in aid of Chance to Shine. Flacks from the likes of Deutsche Bank, KPMG, PwC, Deloitte and JLL all donned their whites to hit some [...]
George Osborne finds his Tory party conference speech a little taxing but recovers speedily September 29, 2014 Party goers at the Tory conference in Birmingham had a difficult decision last night. Should they quaff champers at The Telegraph’s shindig or shuffle to Sky’s event? The two parties went head to head from 10.30pm, with David Cameron expected to show face at the former. No doubt Osborne felt he deserved a drink following [...]
