THE TIPSTER March 5, 2012 INSURER Admiral endured choppy waters in 2011, seeing its share price drop to a nadir of 800p due to worries about bans on referral fees and a profit warning in the latter half of the year. 2012 has seen better sailing, but the company will need to show signs that the increase in claims has [...]
Trading screen of the future March 5, 2012 THE IPC “trader cockpit” is an intriguing piece of design. It integrates video streaming, voice and video calling and the ability to set up automatic filters depending on the big market news that the system picks up at the time. It is clean-looking compared to some more Heath Robinson setups and looking at it, you [...]
IPC’s tech trends to look for in 2012 March 5, 2012 Exponential increases in amount of data (“Big Data”) to analyse in support of trade decisions. Advanced financial instruments and increased government regulations driving more complex trading workflows. Algorithmic trading and electronic trading leading to more frequent trades and less natural liquidity. Traders being pulled into more parts of the trading workflow – research, analytics, customer [...]
Analyst picks for 6 March 2012 March 5, 2012 FOREX STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Sell dollar-yen above ¥81.00, stop-loss on close above ¥82.50 Expertise: Technical analysis Average time frame of trades: 1 day to 1 week Although we are in the process of a major structural shift, with the market looking to carve a longer-term cyclical bottom after record lows back in October, [...]
The rise of gourmet cinema March 5, 2012 WE settled into our indecently capacious seats, placed our drinks on the sidetables and leaned back, sighing with satisfaction. This was certainly the First Class cabin of cinemas: leg room enough for a couple of giants; an array of buttons for seat adjustment and waiter-summoning and, of course, a substantial food menu masterminded by one [...]
Something more than Sauvignon March 5, 2012 HEAD SOMMELIER AND MANAGER OF LUTYENS RESTAURANT WITh spring on the way, my thoughts have turned to warm weather wines. But I wish people would think outside the Sauvignon Blanc box. If you like SB, shake it up a bit with these grapes: Albariño: When I started my career in London in the late 90s [...]
WHERE TO WINE AND DINE WHILE YOU WATCH March 5, 2012 THE AUBIN CINEMA The Shoreditch House cinema is open to the public: it’s a 45-seat theatre with velvet chairs and a tasty snack bar. The one odd thing about it is that it’s within an Aubin and Wills “concept store” – A&W is the more grown-up arm of Jack Wills. £10 (regular seat); £24 (deluxe [...]
Out with the old skin and in with the new for spring March 5, 2012 KATE SOMERVILLE: EXFOLIKATE INTENSIVE EXFOLIATING TREATMENT £80, uk.spacenk.com Celebrity facialist Somerville has created the ultimate skin polish and deep-clean. Expect to glow. RODIN: OLIO LUSSO LUXURY BODY OIL £68, liberty.co.uk City A.M.’s top treat for the body, this warm, golden oil smells of health and will soften your winter-hardened skin right up. OMOROVICZA: GOLD SUGAR SCRUB [...]
Trick your body into dropping a dress size March 5, 2012 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT IF you’re having trouble shedding those winter pounds, try these tips for getting the ball (and the fat) rolling. Get scribbling Carry a notebook with you for a week and write down every morsel that passes your lips – studies show that you wind up eating 15 per cent less if [...]
Episode 48: Noel’s birthday party plans March 5, 2012 Noel lies in bed, staring up at the constellations of stars glowing in the dark on the ceiling above him. Recent bedtime stories have whizzed us through child-friendly, abridged nineteenth century classics: Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Dracula and most recently, Treasure Island, as much for my ill-read benefit as for Noel’s. And tonight, we’ve just [...]
