By: Harriet Green

I am City A.M.'s deputy business features editor. I look after the Entrepreneurs page, Alternative Finance and our Office Politics section. I also help out with the Forum, running our daily debate. I have a special interest in distributed ledger technology. Prior to working at City A.M., I ran a social enterprise.

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Nest egg: How best to save for your children’s future

August 20, 2014

As GCSE results come out today, and the dust settles on last week’s A-Level results, many parents will be thinking about how they can help their children through university. But while Fidelity calculations suggest that education is the costliest part of raising a child from birth to 21, at an estimated £71,780 in total, many [...]
Hard decision? How to ensure you get it right

August 19, 2014

Try the “sit with” method, and don’t always dismiss your gut instinct. In the course of a single day, the average adult makes around 35,000 decisions, according to scientists and authors Barbara Sahakian and Jamie LaBuzetta. Most will be subconscious, many will require an ounce of thought, and some a few minutes. But [...]
City Moves for 18 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

August 17, 2014

CWPA City and Westminster Property Associations announced the appointment of a new executive director, Charles Begley, who will take up his post in October. An ex-journalist and comms expert, he is a senior partner at TTA Property, part of The Good Relations Group and the specialist corporate, consumer and stakeholder real estate arm of top [...]
Intelligent design: Oliver Bonas founder talks Hong Kong, princes and the art of letting go

August 17, 2014

After a tough period during the recession, the fashion industry has bounced back with a vengeance. In the last five years, it’s grown by 22 per cent, and is now worth £26bn to our economy, according to figures out earlier this year from the British Fashion Council. Oliver Tress, founder of high street favourite Oliver [...]
City Moves for 15 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

August 14, 2014

KPMG Yael Selfin has been appointed as a director in the firm’s economics and disputes practice. She joins from Edymar, a boutique consultancy she created and led. She has also been a partner at Volterra, and held the position of head of macro consulting at PwC. Jersey Finance Robert Christensen has been appointed chairman of [...]
The art of asking the right questions

August 14, 2014

Business life doesn’t always lend itself to novel ways of questioning, but doing so is vital. A young Motorola engineer called Martin Cooper was asked, back in the early 1970s, to develop the firm’s car radiotelephone. But before setting to work, he took a step back and asked this question: “Why is it that [...]
City Moves for 14 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

August 13, 2014

Now: Pensions Jamie Warren has been appointed head of legal at the independent multi-employer trust. He joins from Capgemini, where he was senior legal counsel. He has also worked as a senior solicitor at Esure Insurance, having qualified at law firm Nabarro. Liberum The investment bank has appointed Anna Hartropp to its banking team. Hartropp [...]
City Moves for 13 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

August 12, 2014

EY The professional services firm has made several appointments. Jay Nibbe has been made global vice chair for tax. He joined the firm in 1985 and was mostly recently the chair of EY’s global accounts committee and deputy area managing partner for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa. Uschi Schreiber (pictured) has been appointed global [...]
City Moves for 12 August 2014 | Who’s switching jobs

August 11, 2014

Lombard Odier Investment Managers Nancy Everett has been appointed as senior advisor for the company’s US-based business. The position is a newly-created one for the institutional asset management arm of the Lombard Odier Group. Everett was most recently with BlackRock, where she was managing director, head of US fiduciary management. Prior to that, she was [...]
Gimme 5: Companies crowdfunding this month

August 11, 2014

All Star Minerals 12 per cent; 540-day convertible loan A listed UK mining company focused on the Queensland area of Australia. Current focus is on two near-term production copper-gold mines. It’s seeking £50,000. Crowd for Angels Mughals, The Series 10 per cent equity A television drama series about the Mughals, in the style of [...]

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