The pay figures are only half the story March 8, 2012 THERE is little doubt that competition for talent in financial services remains as fierce as ever. But that is naturally being reflected differently in the dynamic growing economies of the world versus the sclerotic old world. Consultancy group Mercer reports that execs in Asia can now expect a real-terms pay rise of more than double [...]
THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES PAY GAP March 8, 2012 AMERICAS Base pay for execs set to rise 2.5 per cent this year 42 per cent of CEOs to get a pay rise EMEA Base pay set to rise less than 2 per cent this year 29 per cent of CEOs to get a pay rise ASIA PACIFIC Base pay set to rise 5 per [...]
Allied Irish job cuts hit 2,500 March 8, 2012 ALLIED Irish Banks said it has begun talks with unions to axe 2,500 jobs, 500 higher than previously announced, in the latest blow to the country’s struggling workforce. Allied Irish, which has been effectively nationalised and saved from collapse by emergency European Central Bank funding, said yesterday it would look to reduce its staff cost [...]
Treasury prices AIG offering March 8, 2012 THE US Treasury yesterday priced its $6bn (£3.8bn) AIG offering at $29 a share, allowing the Obama administration to break-even on its investment in the insurer as it winds down bailout programmes from the financial crisis. The Treasury said it would sell 206.9m shares of AIG, reducing its stake in the insurer to 70 per [...]
ING launches debt buyback to sell insurer March 8, 2012 ING has become the latest European bank to launch a buyback of its own debt in order to comply with EU regulations. The Dutch lender said it would tender an offer for €2.6bn (£2.2bn) of securities to prepare its insurance unit for a sale mandated by the European Commission on competition grounds. The bank needs [...]
SMEs are now winning 14pc of all government contracts March 8, 2012 THE VALUE of government work going to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) is set to double to £6bn in this financial year, the cabinet office will announce today. SMEs now undertake 13.7 per cent of all government contracts by value, up from 6.5 per cent just over a year ago, the figures show. Cabinet [...]
Green Investment Bank will be based in London and Edinburgh March 8, 2012 BRITAIN’S Green Investment Bank (GIB), designed to spur private sector investment in low-carbon projects, will be based in Edinburgh and London, the government said yesterday. The headquarters of the GIB will be located in Edinburgh, with its main transaction team based in London to enable a greater commercial reach nationally than could be achieved from [...]
Panmure abandons loss-making US arm March 8, 2012 BROKER Panmure Gordon has sold its loss-making US subsidiary to management for a nominal sum as it attempts to focus on its core UK business. Panmure aquired ThinkEquity in 2007, just before the financial crisis but the current board feel that the San Francisco-based firm is unlikely to “produce an acceptable level of profitability in the [...]
MWB boss toasts exit for winery after 30 years March 8, 2012 MANY companies praise their outgoing boss as irreplaceable but in the case of Richard Balfour-Lynn, who is leaving the top of MWB after 30 years, it appears to be true. The property investment firm has no immediate plans to replace Balfour-Lynn, 58, (pictured), who yesterday announced he will step down as chief executive of MWB [...]
FSA issues £109,000 fine and bans ex-Royal Liver Assurance director March 8, 2012 REGULATORS have banned George McGregor, the former finance director of Royal Liver Assurance (RLA), for abusing his position and – in one case – forging the signature of his chief executive. However even though the Financial Services Authority (FSA) determined that his conduct “merited a fine of £1,000,000” the regulator reduced the sum to £109,000 due [...]
