CITY CYCLISTS SHOW THEY CARE WITH OLYMPIAN CHARITY RIDE March 18, 2012 TEAMS from the City are signing up to CARE’s Gold Bike Ride supported by City A.M. on Saturday 23 June. The route will see cyclists ride a minimum of 65 miles and a maximum of 130 miles of the Olympic Road Race route a month before the nation’s competitors take to the saddle. A team [...]
Law firms post strong growth amid turmoil December 8, 2011 THE UK’s top 100 law firms have managed to post strong growth in the second quarter, despite an uncertain backdrop that’s likely to make conditions tough going into 2012. Fee incomes at the biggest 100 firms rose by an average of 9.8 per cent in the three months to 31 October compared to the same [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 30, 2011 Thomas Eggar The law firm has announced the appointment of James Letchford to its London property team as a senior associate. Letchford trained and qualified at Ashurst before spending six years at Nabarro, and will join Thomas Eggar’s London team, led by property partner Chris Baker. He has particular experience in sales, acquisitions, development, leasing [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 15, 2011 Deloitte Analytics Deloitte Analytics has strengthened its partner team in the UK with the appointment of consumer business specialist Jason Gordon, who will lead the division’s consumer business services team. In his new role, Gordon will advise retail, consumer products and travel, hospitality and leisure organisations on ways to gain improved insight and commercial value [...]
Client money not separated at MF Global November 1, 2011 BANKRUPT US broker MF Global flouted rules on keeping client and company funds in separate accounts, the head of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange claimed yesterday. Under rules set by the CME and the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), companies must hold client assets separately from those belonging to the company, but the exchange said preliminary [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 13, 2011 Maxifier The online ad campaign performance specialist has appointed Helen-Clifford Jones as head of UK and vice president of sales in EMEA. She will be responsible for leading the expansion of the UK and the move into EMEA. Jones has ten-years of experience in the digital media, publishing and advertising industries. Prior to joining Maxifier, [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 5, 2011 Victoria Private Investment Office The financial adviser and wealth management business, previously Victoria Capital, has relaunched as it aims to reach a wider market. Leading the firm’s expansion is Heather Maizels, the former head of Barclays Private Bank, who has been appointed as managing director. As an advisory board member of Barclays Wealth, which she [...]
Ashurst set for merger September 26, 2011 CITY law firm Ashurst is set to merge operations with Australian group Blake Dawson to create a legal firm with turnover approaching £500m. The pair hopes to rebrand as Ashurst in early 2012, having tied up their Asian businesses, with a full merger expected in 2014. The tie-up was sealed by a vote by both [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 18, 2011 Jupiter Asset Management Amanda Sillars (pictured) and David Lewis have joined Jupiter’s Merlin fund-of-funds team as fund selection specialist and assistant fund manager respectively. Sillars was formerly investment director and executive director at JP Morgan Asset Management, where she managed about 500 funds and investment trusts. Lewis has been promoted from Jupiter’s private clients & [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 9, 2011 James Caird Asset Management The hedge fund has appointed Mary Goodman, former special assistant to the president for financial markets at the Nation Economic Council and senior adviser to the US Treasury, as managing director of the firm’s US business, based in Washington DC. Goodman will advise on global macroeconomic outlook and on monetary, fiscal, [...]