City Moves for 12 November 2014 | Who’s switching jobs November 11, 2014 Kames Capital Craig Bonthron has been appointed investment manager in the investment management firm’s global equity team. He joins from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, where he was an investment director and joint manager of the Swip Global Sustainability Equity and Global Islamic Equity funds. Herbert Smith Freehills James Palmer has been appointed senior partner and [...]
Curb “patent privateers” to protect intellectual property October 24, 2014 Effective intellectual property protections are imperative to maintaining a robust economy and promoting innovation—and patents are an important facet of this regime. Unfortunately, bad actors are exploiting loopholes for personal gain and threatening the health of the current system—one that is generally working well. Lurking in murky legal waters, “Patent Privateers” are abusing protections and [...]
Risk of mega-fines holds back RBS privatisation October 21, 2014 Bailed-out bank RBS is almost ready to be privatised, but the risk of major fines is stopping a large scale share sale, UK Financial Investments’ (UKFI) bosses told MPs yesterday. The government still owns 80 per cent of the bank and has yet to begin selling up – in contrast with Lloyds, where it has [...]
City Moves for 1 October 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 30, 2014 JLL The real estate-focused professional services firm has appointed Virginia Rothwell as UK HR director. She has previously worked as group HR director at Phoenix and Tribal Group, and has also held senior positions at BT. Rothschild Group Trevor Manuel has been appointed senior adviser to the financial advisory group worldwide and deputy chairman of [...]
City Moves for 29 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 28, 2014 Deloitte The business advisory firm has announced two appointments to its hedge fund practice. Chris Farkas (pictured) joins as UK hedge fund leader. He was European head of hedge fund consulting in Deutsche Bank’s prime brokerage group, and has also held senior roles at GlobeOp and Goldman Sachs. Brian Forrester, a partner with Deloitte in [...]
City Moves for 26 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 25, 2014 PwC The professional services firm has appointed Simon Hampton to lead its real estate deals practice. He joins from Jefferies, where he was head of real estate, gaming and lodging. Hampton has also held senior positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Alliance Trust Peter Michaelis has been appointed head of equities at the savings [...]
City Moves for 25 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 24, 2014 ES Group The property and asset consultancy has appointed two new equity partners. Richard Corby joined in 2004 and heads up its Leeds office. Roland Cramp (pictured) joined as a graduate in 1989, and heads up the machinery and business assets team in London. Korn Ferry The executive search firm has appointed Max Landsberg as [...]
City Moves for 15 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 14, 2014 Linklaters Stuart Bedford has been appointed London head of corporate at the law firm. Previously head of Linklaters’ corporate practice in Asia, he has a background in private and public mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital raisings. Bedford succeeds Sarah Wiggins. Lend Lease The property and infrastructure group has appointed Rob Heasman as project [...]
City Moves for 12 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 11, 2014 Lend Lease The property and infrastructure group has appointed Paul King as managing director of sustainability for its European region. He will join in February 2015 from the UK Green Building Council, where he is chief executive. Zeus Capital Adam Pollock has been appointed head of corporate broking at the investment bank. He joins from [...]
City Moves for 09 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 8, 2014 Lloyds Bank Madeleine McDougall has been appointed head of origination within Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s global corporate real estate business. She joins from Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, where she led its international client team in the UK. McDougall has also held roles at Eurohypo and Westimmo. EY Jason Lester has been appointed UK & Ireland managing partner [...]