Q&A: Adam Tooze on the financial crisis, Trump and the City of London after Brexit September 25, 2018 Ten years after the start of the financial crisis, Columbia University historian Adam Tooze’s epic work of economic history, Crashed, describes a world still coming to terms with its aftermath. He spoke to City A.M. about the US, the City of London, and where the next crash could come from. Why write this book [...]
Sam Torrance: Tiger Woods’s second coming is here and he is capable of anything now September 24, 2018 I think we can safely say that Tiger Woods is back. Five years and several rounds of surgery on from his previous win, he stood up and batted off all of his rivals at the Tour Championship on Sunday – just as he always used to. He was magnificent, it is huge for golf [...]
How to turn the Chequers rat into a lovable Brexit hamster September 24, 2018 It has been said that a rat just is a hamster with a PR problem. Both share many of the same fundamental characteristics – but one people want to look after, and the other they want to kill. Since its uneasy formation, Theresa May has hoped that her Chequers plan could become the Brexit [...]
City Moves for 20 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Metro Bank, Investx and FedEx Express? September 20, 2018 Today's City Moves cover banking, finance and package delivery. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Metro Bank Metro Bank has appointed Catherine Brown as an independent non-executive director. Catherine holds various non-executive roles including: non-executive board member at the Cabinet Office, non-executive director of FNZ (UK) Limited and chairman and non-executive director of [...]
City Moves for 20 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at Metro Bank, Investx and FedEx Express? September 20, 2018 Today's City Moves cover banking, finance and package delivery. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Metro Bank Metro Bank has appointed Catherine Brown as an independent non-executive director. Catherine holds various non-executive roles including: non-executive board member at the Cabinet Office, non-executive director of FNZ (UK) Limited and chairman and non-executive director of [...]
Pullman London St Pancras: Your home in the Capital September 17, 2018 Contemporary. Vibrant. Cosmopolitan. London is the most exciting city on the globe. Cool and sophisticated, every day in the capital offers a new adventure. Every moment presents a possibility. It’s progressive but timeless. An energising hub of ideas, tastes and experiences. Where innovative start-ups thrive alongside big businesses. And in-touch locals meet, work and [...]
10 years on from Lehman’s collapse: seven charts to consider September 14, 2018 Ten years ago, US investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, marking the most symbolic moment of the global financial crisis. It remains the largest bankruptcy filing in US history. The demise of Lehman on 15 September 2008 was just the tip of the iceberg. Little did we know but at the time the whole [...]
What might trigger the next global financial crisis? September 14, 2018 Ten years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the deepening of the global financial crisis, the world seems to be a safer place. Over the past decade there have been significant shifts in the world economy such that the imbalances that could lead to a crisis are less. The risks haven’t entirely gone [...]
In the shadow of the Lehman Brothers collapse: A decade of change in the City of London September 14, 2018 The collapse of Lehman Brothers remains shorthand for the start of the global financial crisis and a period when the foundations of capitalism shook. A decade on the Western financial system is still struggling to move out of the shadow of the events of 15 September 2008. Political events around the world today are still [...]
In the shadow of the Lehman Brothers collapse: A decade of change in the City of London September 14, 2018 The collapse of Lehman Brothers remains shorthand for the start of the global financial crisis and a period when the foundations of capitalism shook. A decade on the Western financial system is still struggling to move out of the shadow of the events of 15 September 2008. Political events around the world today are still [...]