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We need a consumer revolution to deliver lower utility prices February 18, 2013 POLITICAL ideas have always been cyclical. When incomes are falling, the economy is flatlining, credit is scarcer, prices are rising and it is hard to find work, the public always turns against capitalism (or the mixed economy corporatism that these days passes for it); in boom times, it tends to be more relaxed about other [...]
We need a consumer revolution to deliver lower utility prices February 17, 2013 POLITICAL ideas have always been cyclical. When incomes are falling, the economy is flatlining, credit is scarcer, prices are rising and it is hard to find work, the public always turns against capitalism (or the mixed economy corporatism that these days passes for it); in boom times, it tends to be more relaxed about [...]
City Moves for 18 February 2013 | Who’s switching jobs February 17, 2013 Arle Capital Partners The private equity partnership has appointed Quentin Nason as head of client services, strategy and business development. He was most recently managing director in equity capital and structured equity capital at Deutsche Bank. FTI Consulting The business advisory firm has announced the appointment of two regulatory consultants to lead its governance, risk [...]
MetLife hit by derivative losses February 13, 2013 MetLife, the largest US life insurer, last night reported a 90 per cent fall in quarterly profits as a result of derivative losses linked to its credit spreads. However its operating profit beat estimates and the company reported a fall in net income to $96m (£61m) from $959m a year earlier.
Pope Benedict saw why the capitalist system is virtuous February 11, 2013 THOSE who study Pope Benedict, who announced his retirement yesterday, have been impressed by his humanity and by his understanding of human nature. Statements he has made on the economy, written in his own hand, reflect that. The Pope, for example, did not see the problems that led to the financial crisis as solvable by [...]
Bank ringfences will solve little February 11, 2013 Chief Market Strategist, Cantor Index I AM enormously proud to have survived 50 years in the City of London. Over the last week, however, there has been little news involving banks to be remotely glad about. We heard some “mea-culpa” testimony to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards from Lloyds Banking Group’s chief executive Antonio [...]
Cynical Labour has no claim to being a party of business February 10, 2013 CHUKA Umunna, the shadow business secretary, suggested in last week’s City A.M. that Labour is the natural party of entrepreneurship. This is little more than a cynical attempt at gesture politics. Like Umunna’s father, my parents came to Britain with very little and set up their own businesses. The small shops they owned created jobs [...]
FTSE breaches the 6,300 mark but loses steam January 28, 2013 BRITAIN’S top share index breached the 6,300 level for the first time since May 2008 yesterday, driven by strength in banking and energy stocks, although that heady height failed to hold for the close. Global giant HSBC added the most points to the FTSE 100 index, with its 1.0 per cent advance alone, accounting for [...]
US data looms over stock markets January 28, 2013 But the end of recent rallies could be useful corrective for investors TOO good to be true? That’s the growing worry among US equity investors. Consider that the Dow Jones Industrial Average, up roughly 6 per cent since 1 January, is off to its best start in more than two decades and now sits within [...]
European banks to repay ECB crisis cash early January 25, 2013 Banks that received loans to keep them afloat during the Eurozone crisis will repay more than €130bn (£111bn) of loans to the European Central Bank (ECB) next week in a sign that parts of the financial system are returning to health. The ECB made more than €1 trillion of cheap three-year loans to banks to [...]