City Moves for 26 August 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 25, 2015 Close Brothers Asset Management Nicholas Cliffe has been appointed investment director at the investment management firm. He joins from HSBC Global Asset Management, where he spent five years as a discretionary wealth manager. Ashurst The law firm has appointed Shaun Lascelles as a partner in its global private equity team. He joins from the London [...]
England cricket bosses confirm 2016 schedule August 25, 2015 Ashes celebrations had barely had a chance to subside when cricket bosses yesterday announced details of next summer’s international programme where England will face a twin sub-continental challenge from Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The summer begins with England’s bid to avenge last year’s 1-0 series defeat to Sri Lanka, with the first of three Investec [...]
Investec Comment: Five rules for businesses on social media August 23, 2015 Whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Pinterest, social media has become an essential channel for businesses of all sizes to reach customers, potential customers, and wider society. The past few years have seen an intensification of the social trend. The ability of a company to access consumers directly (and vice versa), to be in the [...]
Root wants Test ranking top spot after Ashes glee August 23, 2015 AT THE KIA OVAL ENGLAND vice-captain Joe Root believes Ashes success can prove the springboard for assuming the status of the world’s best team despite defeat in the final Investec Ashes Test yesterday tainting his side’s series win. Australia salvaged some pride from the wreckage of a disappointing Test campaign by dismissing England for 286 [...]
Ashes 2015: Blitz Australia again, Ben Stokes tells England August 21, 2015 England all-rounder Ben Stokes has urged his side to summon the brutal form which has repeatedly decimated Australia in a single session this series after a sedate start to the fifth Investec Ashes Test at the Kia Oval yesterday. Opener David Warner and captain-elect Steve Smith drove a resilient Australia’s response to two harrowing Test [...]
There’s plenty to keep Ashes fires burning in final Test of series August 20, 2015 The final Investec Test of the summer against Australia may have no bearing on who wins the Ashes but there is plenty of motivation for England at the Kia Oval. Firstly, it provides a real opportunity to drive home their supremacy. England have never beaten Australia four times in a home series before so a [...]
Alastair Cook: Ashes-winning summer has convinced me to stay on as England captain August 19, 2015 England skipper Alastair Cook admits that success against Australia this summer has convinced him to stay on as captain after the Ashes series. Cook has now chalked up two Ashes series victories in his three-year tenure in charge of England, although such high points have been perforated with less fond memories, such as the whitewash [...]
Gleneagles set to spoil Dettori’s Golden summer August 19, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE OPENING DAY OF YORK’S EBOR FESTIVAL IF THE rain stays away, and there are no last minute injury scares, we will get our race of the season on the Knavesmire this afternoon. An all-star cast of eight are set to line-up for the Juddmonte International Stakes (3.40pm), including unbeaten Investec Derby [...]
Wood admits he could be forced under the knife August 18, 2015 ENGLAND seamer Mark Wood has conceded that he may need an operation to cure a long-term ankle injury, placing his participation in series against Pakistan and South Africa later this year in doubt. Wood was hampered by the problem during a laboured display in the second Investec Ashes Test at Lord’s, forcing him to miss [...]
Storm The Stars to cement Leger favouritism in Betway Great Voltigeur August 18, 2015 TRAINER Aidan O’Brien saddles three of the seven runners in the wide-open Betway Great Voltigeur Stakes (3.05pm), but the Ballydoyle trio may have their work cut out to stop STORM THE STARS who is available at 7/2 with the sponsors. William Haggas has his team in great nick and landed two valuable pots last weekend [...]