Polyus Gold is the latest Russian company to leave the London Stock Exchange today December 3, 2015 Russia's largest goldminer Polyus Gold leaves the London Stock Exchange today. Polyus was taken over by a shell company Sacturino, which is controlled by billionaire Suleiman Kerimov's family. Their company, Wandle Holdings, was the majority 40 per cent stakeholder in Polyus and completed its compulsory acquisition early in November. It's the latest in a flurry of Russian [...]
City Moves for 02 November 2015 | Who’s switching jobs November 2, 2015 LINKEDIN John Herlihy has been appointed vice president and managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the professional network. He joins from Google, where he was vice president of SMB sales and head of Google Ireland. Prior to that, Herlihy held leadership positions at tech companies in Europe and the United States. [...]
City Moves for 15 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs September 14, 2015 Societe Generale Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking has announced two appointments in its global finance division. Alvaro Huete (pictured) becomes deputy head of global finance and head of global finance for the UK. He was previously global head of syndications and has also worked at Nomura, Banco Urquijo and Lloyds Bank. Terence Shanahan, previously [...]
City Moves for 14 August 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 13, 2015 Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Thomas Sandberg has been appointed associate director in the bank’s relationship solutions team within its financial institutions business. He joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was vice president of the Nordic market solutions group. Sandberg has also previously held senior structured finance positions at RBS, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley [...]
City Moves for 11 August 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 10, 2015 Savills The real estate adviser has appointed Robert Mangan as director in its hotels team. He joins from Michels & Taylor, where he spent five years as a director. Mangan has also held positions at Avestus Capital Partners, Merrill Lynch and BOI. Momentum Global Investment Management Alex Garton has been appointed head of UK institutional [...]
These London law firms offer their trainees the highest salaries May 21, 2015 Bright-eyed graduates eager to train at one of London's leading law firms may have to stomach long hours, however they can look forward to a bumper pay packet, according data from the industry website Legal Cheek. Sullivan & Cromwell and David Polk (known as the "Tiffany's of law firms") offer new recruits £50,000 a year, putting them [...]
City Moves for 07 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 6, 2015 Norton Rose Fulbright The law firm has appointed Richard Hughes as a partner in its London banking and finance practice. He joins from Simmons & Simmons in London. Hughes has over 25 years’ experience as a finance lawyer, and has also worked in-house. Silicon Valley Bank UK The financial services firm has appointed Gavin Hewitt [...]
Arris to buy Yorkshire set-top box maker Pace in $2.1bn deal April 22, 2015 Communications equipment maker Arris Group Inc will buy British set-top box maker Pace Plc in a $2.1bn cash-and-stock deal to expand into the satellite businessand boost its business outside North America. Pace shareholders will receive 1.325 pounds ($2) in cash and 0.1455 new Arris shares for each share held, the companies said last night. Arris [...]
Stonewall top 100 employers: Finance firms among the UK’s best LGBT employers January 14, 2015 Lloyds Banking Group has been named the most inclusive employer in the banking and finance sector, and the third most inclusive employer in the UK, by gay rights organisation Stonewall. Seven companies in the sector were named in the Workplace Equality Index, including RBS (at number 27) and American Express (at 51). Insurer Aviva (number 15) [...]
City Moves for 18 December 2014 | Who’s switching jobs December 17, 2014 Rightster The Aim-listed video distribution and monetisation network has appointed Niall Dore as group finance director. He was previously finance director at Betfair Group, and has also held group financial controller positions at GE Life and Hyder Consulting. Zeus Capital Hugo Chance has been appointed director, head of family offices, at the independent investment bank. [...]