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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From networking to a grounding in the basics, an EMBA could help you make the jump into finance

September 8, 2016

There is no guarantee that an Executive MBA will be a ticket into banking. That said, approximately 30 per cent of graduates from Cass and Cambridge Judge Business School go on to take a job in financial services, and top investment banks are still recruiting directly out of business schools. The key, according to a [...]
From auto-bid tools to cross-border transactions, here’s what you should expect from the alt fi sector

September 7, 2016

The European alternative finance sector grew by 92 per cent to €5.4bn (£4.5bn) in 2015, according to Judge Business School’s latest report on the subject, Sustaining Momentum. Excluding the UK, that’s 10 per cent slower than in 2014, but shows, say the report’s authors, expansion across almost all alternative finance models. This slowing growth rate is [...]
Peter Stringfellow on closing Angels, Theresa May, virtual reality clubs and setting up a lingerie range

September 5, 2016

The floor of Peter Stringfellow’s office at Angels, his legendary Soho club, was strewn with packing boxes last week. In case anyone imagined his office to be an extension of the club – all leopard print, velvet and disco balls – it isn’t. It’s just a normal office. I visited him on Thursday; on Saturday, [...]
Corporate governance goes beyond high pay – it’s time to appraise the boardroom

August 25, 2016

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A slice of the major players: WiseAlpha enables you to invest in big firms for as little as £100

August 25, 2016

Peer-to-peer and marketplace lending have thrown open opportunities for retail investors – from investing in SME and consumer debt to property, in addition to invoice financing options for high net worths. However, there’s one remaining major asset class retail investors have not been able to access – secured corporate loans and bonds (the wholesale variety, [...]
For the love of bags: Jardine of London founder Mary Jardine talks music cases, the Queen, Brexit, and why she’s on the hunt for a partner

August 22, 2016

"It felt like I’d always been the spectator. It dawned on me that I wanted to be the one taking part; the one driving something forward.” Mary Jardine, founder of handbag startup Jardine of London, was approaching her fiftieth birthday when she decided she was going to set up her own business. Jardine of London isn’t [...]
Bringing home the bacon: Three ways you can use alternative finance to invest in property

August 18, 2016

Property crowdfunding and marketplace lending aren’t for everyone. The former can involve high fees, and you won’t know what your investment is worth without selling it – which can be hard if you’re buying a stake alongside numerous other people. There are risks even with the latter. The property market is very sensitive to the [...]
The Snaffling Pig co-founders talk GoPros, Dragons’ Den, jail and setting up a business with £500

August 15, 2016

This is the difference between pork scratchings and pork crackling: scratchings are cooked at one temperature, which is why they can be perilously hard. Crackling has two meanings: it’s the stuff on top of belly of pork; it’s also pieces of skin and fat cooked at a lower temperature with a short burst of more heat [...]
Alternative finance: In this low-rate environment, minibonds can offer returns of up to 7.5 per cent

August 11, 2016

How can an investor utilise alternative finance in such a low-rate environment? Transferring to an Innovative Finance Isa is one option. Crowd2Fund, one of the platforms that’s already secured approval from the regulator, offers tax-free returns of around 8.7 per cent APR. And P2P lending outside of a wrapper can yield decent returns for investors. [...]
Summer reading: Four leading UK economists offer their book recommendations

August 10, 2016

With its political and economic ructions, this summer has been anything but sleepy. If you’re looking for some holiday reading to prepare you for the year ahead, City A.M. has asked four of the UK’s leading economists to offer their recommendations. Tim Harford writes the Undercover Economist column for the FT and is presenter of More [...]

School of Hard Knocks and Investec celebrate spring rugby tournament

School of Hard Knocks and Investec celebrate spring rugby tournament

Barbican Centre: the brutalist landmark weaving art into everyday London life.

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