Attacking intent set to reward Bath with Premiership glory May 28, 2015 AFTER two epic semi-finals, albeit of contrasting score lines, the action-packed rugby season reaches its peak tomorrow as Bath and Saracens do battle in the Aviva Premiership final at Twickenham. Saracens became the fifth away side from 21 play-off semi-finals to progress to HQ after triumphing 29-24 over reigning champions Northampton Saints at Franklin’s Gardens. [...]
City Moves for 22 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 21, 2015 Pension Insurance Corporation Rob Groves has been appointed chief investment officer of the specialist insurer. He joins from Friends life, where he held the same role and oversaw assets totalling £100bn. Groves has previously worked for UBS, Commerzbank and Towers. Maples Teesdale The commercial property solicitors has appointed Dellah Gilbert as a partner. She has [...]
Barclays to settle £2bn forex-rigging case May 17, 2015 Barclays Bank is closing in on a major £2bn settlement with regulators around the world, drawing to a close its role in the deeply damaging foreign exchange markets rigging scandal. The bank, whose chief executive is Antony Jenkins, is attempting to settle with a number of regulators simultaneously. Last November it pulled out of a [...]
Manchester United can nick narrow win over old nemesis Arsenal May 14, 2015 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS MAN UNITED V ARSENAL AND HARRY MADLEY LOOKS AT THE FINAL ROUND OF THE AVIVA PREMIERSHIP Arsenal’s surprise defeat to Swansea on Monday night was only their second home league reverse of the season, but it won’t rankle with them as much as the other one – the 2-1 loss to [...]
Saracens and Exeter look set to book the remaining play-off places May 14, 2015 THE FINAL round of the Aviva Premiership kicks off tomorrow afternoon and for Leicester Tigers, Exeter Chiefs and Saracens this weekend is crucial as they battle it out for the two remaining semi-final spots. Northampton Saints have already secured a home semi-final berth after finishing top of the pile for the first time in their [...]
Hansteen sells industrials fund in £190m deal May 13, 2015 HANSTEEN, the property company chaired by Hambro Bank scion James Hambro, has sold a second batch of UK industrial estates to former Camden Lock Markets owner Brockton Capital. Brockton will join forces with Dunedin Property to take control of the 76 estates in Hansteen’s UK industrial property unit trust II as part of the £192m [...]
Beware under-insurance: Four in five people don’t have adequate coverage for their precious things May 12, 2015 Do you have adequate insurance for the contents of your home in the event of a disaster? Probably not. Research suggests four in every five high net worth individuals is under-insured, according to Oak Underwriting. Another study from Datamonitor put the figure slightly lower, at 70-75 per cent of wealthier homeowners – but still a [...]
City Moves for 12 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 11, 2015 Colliers International Martin Mahmuti has been appointed senior property economist in the commercial real estate services firm’s research and forecasting team. He began his career at Cushman and Wakefield, where he primarily reported on UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa retail markets. Hermes Investment Management Philip Nell has been appointed fund director in the asset [...]
Aviva ahead of schedule with refocusing plan May 7, 2015 AVIVA boss Mark Wilson said yesterday that the UK insurer’s turnaround plan is running ahead of schedule, with new business in the life arm up by 14 per cent to £247m in the first three months of 2015. On the general insurance side net written premiums grew by one per cent from £845m in the [...]
Panmure closes in on Charles Stanley division May 6, 2015 CITY broker Panmure Gordon yesterday said it was on the verge of buying Charles Stanley’s investment bank after a rival bid to buy the unit collapsed earlier this year. Panmure, led by chief executive Phillip Wale, has agreed in principle to buy the unit, which has contracts with 49 corporate clients. Mark Taylor, joint managing [...]