City Moves for 27 June – Who’s switching jobs? June 26, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes CYBG, Squire Patton Boggs and JP Morgan Asset Management. CYBG CYBG has announced two new appointments to its senior leadership team. Lucy Dimes will join the Bank in July as group business transformation officer to lead on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the bank and the successful delivery of its [...]
City Moves for 24 May – who’s switching jobs at Royal London, Macquarie and McCarthy Denning? May 23, 2019 Who’s on the move today? Royal London Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), the investment manager of Royal London Unit Trust Managers (RLUTM) and RLUM, has announced the appointment of Nora O’Mahony as non-executive director to the fund boards, with effect from 1 June 2019, subject to regulatory approval. This concludes appointments for both fund boards. [...]
City Moves for 2 April – who’s moving jobs at Powell Gilbert, Stobart and Ashurst? April 2, 2019 Here are all the City Moves happening today: Powell Gilbert Specialist IP law firm Powell Gilbert LLP has promoted Siddharth Kusumakar to its partnership, increasing the total number of partners at the firm to ten. Since joining Powell Gilbert in 2012, Siddharth has advised clients across a variety of technologies, with a focus on multi-jurisdictional [...]
Two Barclays employees killed in Italian avalanche February 5, 2019 Barclays confirmed today that two of its employees were killed in an avalanche in the Italian Alps on Sunday. Matt Ziegler, 43, an in-house lawyer at Barclays, and Katherine Clarke, 39, a director in Barclays private bank and overseas service, were among four people killed in the avalanche on Sunday. A spokesperson said in a [...]
City Moves for 4 February – who’s switching jobs at Accel, BCLP and Zoopla? February 4, 2019 Who’s on the move today? Accel Accel, the leading global venture capital firm, today announces that Andrei Brasoveanu and Seth Pierrepont have both been named as partner, strengthening Accel’s team in London. Andrei is promoted to partner from his previous role as principal at Accel and will remain focused on investments in enterprise software, cloud [...]
Here’s how business groups have reacted to Theresa May’s conference speech October 3, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May used her conference speech today to attack Labour’s plans on the economy and slap down her Conservative party rivals – saying austerity was “over” and promising to fix the “broken” housing market. Business groups have been keenly awaiting May’s speech, as she fights off rebellions from her own MPs and attempts [...]
City Moves for 24 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at RHI Magnesita, Saga and Wiggin? September 24, 2018 Today's City Moves covers industries, insurance and legal eagles. Take a look at these movers and shakers: RHI Magnesita RHI Magnesita has nominated Ian Botha, currently CFO of Anglo American Platinum, has been nominated, as new CFO and finance director for appointment in the 2019 annual meeting. Ian will join the company on 1 [...]
Bank of Cyprus sells €2.8bn of bad loans to Apollo August 28, 2018 Bank of Cyprus Group has agreed the sale of €2.8bn (£2.5bn) in bad loans to US private equity giant Apollo in a deal that the bank – laid low by the Eurozone crisis – said will be “transformative”. Apollo, which manages assets worth $270bn (£209bn), will pay €1.4bn for the non-performing loan (NPL) portfolio – [...]
Pinsent Masons tops Acritas legal brands survey alongside DLA Piper, CMS, Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Eversheds Sutherland and Clifford Chance May 2, 2018 An index of the leading UK legal brands has seen law firm Pinsent Masons take the top spot for the first time, beating Eversheds Sutherland into second place. The biggest climber is CMS, which following its three-way merger with Olswang and Nabarro last year, has climbed to fourth in the rankings, from 13th last year. [...]
Financial watchdog publishes IPO research reforms, but is criticised for its limited focus October 26, 2017 Investors in London stock market floats will now have access to independent analyst research about the company which is listing, under new rules published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today. The watchdog has announced a set of reforms which will mean investors no longer have to rely on the advice of analysts at a [...]