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By: William Turvill

I write about M&A, deals, IPOs, private equity, asset management, media and a few other areas for City A.M. I also write news features and am always interested in interviewing and profiling high-profile business figures. I previously worked for Press Gazette and Mail Online.

  • Personality clashes and the poisoned client: The inside story of Bell Pottinger’s collapse

    From the outside, the demise of iconic public relations firm Bell Pottinger appeared to unfold at a dramatic and surprising pace. On Monday 4 September, the company published the findings of a report by lawyers Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) concluding that the firm’s campaign for the Gupta family’s Oakbay Capital in South Africa “was potentially [...]

  • Dress-down Friday? Dress-down every day. The City of London is becoming more casual, with bowler hats out and designer stubble in

    Goodbye bowler hats, brollies and polished black shoes – hello dress-down Fridays, jazzy colours and designer stubble. Dress codes appear to be falling out of fashion in the City of London. Around two-thirds of financial services employees will be allowed to travel into work in casualwear for dress-down Friday today, the results of a new [...]

  • Deutsche Bank bags Tesco’s Thomas Nielsen as its new chief digital officer for global transaction banking

    Deutsche Bank has hired Tesco’s chief digital officer, Thomas Nielsen. The German firm said today that Nielsen, as chief digital officer for global transaction banking, will drive its “digitalisation strategy”. At Tesco, Nielsen was responsible for a portfolio of digital platforms, websites and apps, including loyalty programme Clubcard. He previously spent more than 20 years [...]

  • Average graduate salaries by university and subject: Where to go and what to study to earn top dollar

    July 14, 2017

    Going to university at Oxford or Cambridge pays. But it doesn’t pay as much as the London School of Economics or City University London. But it pays a lot more than going to Cardiff Metropolitan University. And if you want to earn top dollar as a graduate it’s also worth aiming for an economics degree [...]

  • Big UK banks slip down in global ranking, but Metro and the challengers make ground

    July 3, 2017

    Big UK banks are suffering compared with international rivals, according to a ranking of the world’s 1,000 largest lenders out today. HSBC remains Britain’s biggest bank in the global ranking, coming in ninth for the second year in a row. However, the lender – which topped the 2008 ranking – suffered its worst result in [...]

  • What is euro clearing? Why is it so important to the City of London? All your clearing questions cleared up

    June 14, 2017

    Euro clearing has hit the headlines in recent days, but what is it and why is it so important to the City of London? We've answered all your questions… Read more: London's euro clearing market at risk as Brussels sets out rules shake-up What is euro clearing? Clearing is the process through which financial transactions [...]

  • London Bridge attack: Tourism chiefs hold emergency summit over terrorism threat to £130bn industry

    June 5, 2017

    Tourism chiefs gathered for an emergency meeting on Monday amid fears the UK's £130bn industry will be hit by the spate of recent terrorist attacks. City A.M. understands the Tourism Industry Emergency Response (Tier) Group convened to discuss what impact the latest London atrocities will have on the industry. Meetings have previously been called after [...]

  • London Bridge attack: Tourism chiefs hold emergency summit over terrorism threat to £130bn industry

    June 5, 2017

      Tourism chiefs gathered for an emergency meeting on Monday amid fears the UK's £130bn industry will be hit by the spate of recent terrorist attacks. City A.M. understands the Tourism Industry Emergency Response (Tier) Group convened to discuss what impact the latest London atrocities will have on the industry. Meetings have previously been called [...]

  • China official warns over foreign takeovers as figures show outbound M&A levels have fallen this year

    March 20, 2017

    China’s foreign exchange regulator has issued a warning over foreign takeovers. And Chinese companies appear to have slowed down their foreign takeover ambitions this year, following a bumper 2016. New Dealogic figures show that there has been a fall in the number of outbound Chinese deals, from 162 at this point last year to 134 [...]

  • Investment manager Downing plans £100m float to launch new micro-cap trust

    March 20, 2017

    An investment manager has announced plans to raise £100m through a fund float on the London Stock Exchange. Asset management firm Downing today announced plans to launch Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust in May through a listing on the main market. The company will target investments in publicly-quoted UK companies with market capitalisations of less than [...]

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