Ireland handed Estonia draw October 13, 2011 FOOTBALL: The Republic of Ireland will take on Estonia in the Euro 2012 play-offs. Estonia are at home for the first leg on 11/12 November. The return leg will take place at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on 15 November.
Colfax stalls Charter offer for one week October 10, 2011 ENGINEERING group Charter International had to delay giving shareholders the full details of the offer from US buyer Colfax for another week, it said yesterday. Charter’s board was due to publish the full scheme of arrangement for the takeover yesterday but it asked the Takeover Panel to grant it another week’s grace as it finalises [...]
Keane injury adds further complications for Ireland October 10, 2011 REPUBLIC of Ireland striker Robbie Keane has been ruled out of tonight’s pivotal Euro 2012 qualifier against Armenia at the Aviva Stadium. Giovanni Trapattoni’s side need just a point to guarantee a play-off spot, but victory coupled with Andorra securing an unlikely win over Russia would see Ireland qualify outright for their first major tournament [...]
Greek progress lends a hand to FTSE despite retail worries October 5, 2011 RALLIES by hard-pressed banks, insurers and commodity stocks led a bounce back by Britain’s top shares yesterday as support for debt-laden Greece revived investor appetite for riskier assets. Financial issues were boosted after the International Monetary Fund said it “definitely participate” in a second bailout package for Greece if the Washington-based lender was happy about [...]
Aviva: Charter bid shows UK M&A skewed October 2, 2011 THE “disappointing” outcome of the takeover battle for Charter International shows that UK M&A deals are still too skewed in favour of short term investors, the £269bn fund manager Aviva Investors has said. Aviva’s UK equities fund manager Graham Elliott-Shircore said Charter’s shareholder base changed as short-term investors bought in during the bid period, leaving [...]
WORLD CUP RUGBY STAR REVEALS AN UNEXPECTED WEAKNESS September 29, 2011 THERE HAS only been one occasion when Jason Leonard, the most-capped England rugby player of all time, has been intimidated on the pitch. That moment came when Leonard met Norman Hadley, a six foot nine Canadian rugby union player with a scar down his cheek that “didn’t come from rugby”. For reasons best known to [...]
Banks rally on hope of action to fix the Eurozone debt crisis September 26, 2011 AFTER a tumultuous session, strong financials hauled Britain’s top shares into positive territory yesterday as investors, spurred by hopes for decisive action to deal with the Eurozone debt crisis, sought out bargains in the beaten-down sector. The UK benchmark ended up 22.56 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 5,089.37, having vacillated sharply between positive and [...]
END OF AN ERA AS CITY SAYS FAREWELL TO TOP LINKLATERS PARTNER September 22, 2011 IT WAS “hangover central” in the City yesterday, said one mole, thanks to some enthusiastic networking at the City A.M. awards that continued into the early hours of Thursday morning in the basement nightclub in the Grange Hotel at St Paul’s. However, the retirement party for Linklaters senior partner David Cheyne on the same evening [...]
FUND MANAGER | OF THE YEAR September 21, 2011 MARTIN GILBERT ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT Aberdeen edged ahead thanks to a jump of 54 per cent in pre-tax profits in the six months to March. The firm has had to limit the rapid growth of emerging markets funds to prevent them becoming unmanageable. SHORTLIST M&G Investments Aviva Investors Schroders Jupiter Fund Management
FTSE commodities drop on fear over Fed announcement September 21, 2011 BRITAIN’S top shares dropped back yesterday, led by weakness in commodity issues as investors nervously awaited the outcome of a US Federal Reserve meeting with expectations for further economic stimulus seen as already discounted. The FTSE 100 closed down 75.30 points, or 1.4 per cent at 5,288.41, retreating after a two per cent bounce on [...]