CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 5, 2011 Daiwa Capital Markets The investment banking arm of Japanese brokerage Daiwa Securities Group has appointed Keith Meekins as chief executive of its subsidiary firm Daiwa Capital Markets Europe. Meekins, who was previously head of fixed income and a member of the firm’s executive committee, will lead the investment bank’s strategy across Europe and the Middle [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 20, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES ASTRAZENECA TO OFFLOAD SWEDISH DIVISION AstraZeneca is in final talks to sell Astra Tech, the Swedish healthcare and dental business, to Dentsply International in a deal that could value the group at about $1.8bn (£1.1bn). The US dental equipment maker has outbid other potential buyers, including private equity group EQT Partners and medical [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 11, 2011 BNY Mellon BNY Mellon has appointed Arthur Certosimo as chief executive of global markets to lead the bank’s foreign exchange, capital markets and derivatives trading businesses worldwide. Certosimo, currently chief executive of alternative, broker-dealer and Treasury services, will succeed Richard Mahoney, who will retire at the end of June. Brian Ruane, currently head of alternative [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 21, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES HEDGE FUNDS TOLD TO ACCEPT HIGH TAXES AS THE PRICE OF LONDON LIFE Hedge funds should accept higher taxes as the cost of doing business in London and stop threatening to move elsewhere, according to one of the world’s best-known copper traders. Michael Farmer, a Conservative party donor who runs the near-$1bn Red [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS March 15, 2011 Jeffrey Green Russell The full service commercial law firm has promoted Kamran Rehman as partner to its banking and finance litigation team. With expertise in all core legal fields, the firm also boasts a number of leading industry-specific teams. Rehman’s work includes banking and commercial disputes including professional negligence claims and mortgage fraud claims. He [...]
The boss of the world’s largest law firm has more targets in his sights February 27, 2011 Britain’s most ambitious legal empire-builder bounces into one of his firm’s 11th floor meeting rooms in its modern London headquarters near St Paul’s – Sir Nigel Knowles, who has built DLA Piper from humble beginnings into a global powerhouse, is in the middle of completing another merger. Luckily for us, he is keen to talk. [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS February 3, 2011 Savoy Investment Management The wealth management subsidiary of Syndicate Asset Management has hired James Bowles (pictured). Bowles will be responsible for providing tailored services for the north west of England. He was formerly with Anglo Irish Bank, where he had a similar regional brief, and Levi Solicitors in Yorkshire. The firm specialises in portfolios invested [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 26, 2011 Innovate Legal Specialist commercial litigation firm Innovate Legal has appointed Samantha McBain as head of its dispute resolution practice. Formerly at Lovells and McDermott Will & Emery, she extends the firm’s strengths in commercial disputes, arbitration and regulatory investigations. The firm has a particular expertise in intellectual property but covers a broad range of disputes [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 7, 2010 Ruffer The investment management house has appointed Sir David Clementi, pictured, and Robin Hindle Fisher as non-executive directors. Clementi, a former Bank of England deputy governor and chairman of Prudential, will be Ruffer’s new deputy chairman. He is also currently chairman of King’s Cross Central. Fisher has spent over 25 years in institutional fund management [...]
US is where it all happens this week October 31, 2010 IT used to be the case that the most important market-moving news for the FTSE 100, sterling and the UK fixed income markets often came from the US. While that remains largely true – London traders become fixated with Wall Street the moment it opens – Chinese statistics have now become almost as important for [...]