City Moves for 30 September 2013 | Who’s switching jobs September 29, 2013 Hausfeld & Co The litigation law firm has appointed Boris Bronfentrinker as partner. He joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was a senior lawyer in its cartel defence and commercial disputes practice. Macquarie Securities The institutional equities arm of Macquarie Group has appointed Brandon Krieg as managing director and head of electronic execution in [...]
London Report: UK data to show the economy in healthier state September 29, 2013 EXPECTED improvements in the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data for manufacturing, construction and services this week should all point to further signs of the UK’s economic growth. “The purchasing managers’ surveys are expected to show further robust growth in September across the services, manufacturing and construction sectors which would bode well for hopes that GDP [...]
Growth confirmed as first quarter’s estimate hiked September 26, 2013 THE THIRD estimate of the UK’s GDP in the second quarter of this year was announced yesterday, with robust growth of 0.7 per cent confirmed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also changed its view of the first quarter’s growth, suggesting a 0.4 per cent expansion, upgraded from the 0.3 per cent previously estimated. Recent [...]
Barclays trims back wealth service in UK September 26, 2013 BARCLAYS will no longer accept new wealth management clients with less than £500,000, the bank revealed yesterday, as new regulations drive up the cost of doing business. The retail distribution review has pushed financial advisers to charge an up front fee instead of commission, in an effort to make them give better advice, unbiased by [...]
35,000 customers switch banks in first week of new scheme September 26, 2013 According to reports, around 35,000 Britons have moved their current accounts during the first week of a new industry switching scheme aimed at promoting greater competition in the banking sector. Last week the Payments Council announced the launch of the Current Account Switching Service, which involves 33 banks and building societies, including Halifax, Barclays, Bank [...]
British retail sales climb to a 15-month high September 25, 2013 THE BRITISH retail sector’s recovery strengthened at the start of this month, with a leading industry survey pointing to the fastest sales growth since June last year. Nearly half – 46 per cent – of shops surveyed by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said that sales were higher than at the same point last [...]
Barclays wins Amec as latest broking client September 25, 2013 BARCLAYS continued the growth of its corporate broking business by winning the mandate to act as joint broker to Amec, the FTSE 100 listed engineering group, alongside Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML). The appointment comes just days after Amec abandoned plans to make a £700m bid for Kentz, the oil services group. Amec was [...]
British banks accused in US of mis-selling September 24, 2013 BARCLAYS and RBS are among nine banks accused of misrepresenting mortgage-backed securities worth hundreds of millions of dollars sold to US credit unions in 2006 and 2007, court papers filed yesterday show. The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) claims five credit unions collapsed because they purchased faulty securities, and the investment banks underwriting or selling [...]
City Moves for 25 September 2013 | Who’s switching jobs September 24, 2013 Rowanmoor Group The pensions company has announced the appointment of Matthew Robinson as national sales director. Robinson has over 24 years’ experience in financial services, gained with Aegon UK and Scottish Equitable. Jones Lang LaSalle The real estate investment firm has recruited David McCosh as a director in its retail team. He joins from Stephen Kane. DAC Beachcroft [...]
Parcels deliver Royal Mail’s future September 24, 2013 THE PRIVATISATION of Royal Mail started to become a likely event in May this year after the restructured group posted profits of £403m, up from £152m the previous year. “When we saw that profit margins had gone from around one per cent to 4.4 per cent we realised that the time was right to act,” [...]