TONIGHT WILL BE A NIGHT FOR HEARTY CELEBRATION October 27, 2010 THIS evening will see 450 guests in their finery roll up at the Grange hotel at St Paul’s, as City A.M. proudly hosts its first ever awards ceremony honouring the UK’s business stars and City luminaries. The award winners will come from a diverse range of sectors, from investment to retail banking, fund management and [...]
While you’re in the City soak up the atmosphere and the history October 27, 2010 FOR centuries St Paul’s, and not the Stock Exchange, was where the City’s activity and bustle reached its highest pitch. A seventeenth century writer wrote of it that “the noyse in it is like that of Bees, a strange humming or buzze, mixt of walking, tongues and feet: It is a kind of still roar [...]
Brit insurance has accepted £888m offer October 26, 2010 BRIT Insurance yesterday accepted a formal offer from private equity firms Apollo Management and CVC Capital Partners, which values Brit at up to £888m. The offer from Apollo and CVC, which have formed a new company called Achilles to make the offer, values the Lloyds of London insurer at £10.75 per share but includes a [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 26, 2010 Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets has hired three new senior members to its global financial institutions team. Adam Daniels, pictured, joins as head of specialist finance and intermediaries from Ernst & Young, where he was an M&A partner. Mandeep Ahluwalia moves over from Standard Bank to become managing director of relationships for the [...]
Brit Insurance accepts £888m offer from Apollo and CVC October 26, 2010 Brit Insurance has accepted a formal offer from buyout firms Apollo Management and CVC Capital Partners after recommending an approach which values Brit at up to £888m. Lloyd’s of London insurers, which offer cover against large-scale risks such as natural disasters, have emerged as potential takeover targets because cyclically low insurance prices have weighed heavily [...]
Brit set to announce takeover October 25, 2010 Brit Insurance is expected to announce its £870m sale to private equity pair Apollo and CVC Capital today, at the same time as its third-quarter results. The Lloyd’s of London insurer and sponsor of the England cricket team agreed a deal in principle in September, with the joint buyers paying £10.45 a share.
G20 agreement on currencies propels FTSE 100 up despite fall in bank stocks October 25, 2010 BRITAIN’S top shares ended higher yesterday, supported by strength in miners as metals and crude prices rose amid a weaker dollar after G20 finance ministers agreed to avoid competitive currency devaluations. At the close, the FTSE 100 was up 10.61 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 5,751.98, just below last Thursday’s six-month closing high. It [...]
UKFI to delay bank stake sale to influence lending October 25, 2010 PRIME Minister David Cameron yesterday indicated that the government will opt to retain its stakes in the banks for a while longer in order to influence their SME (small and medium sized enterprise) lending policies, rather than selling them off as soon as possible to maximise value for the taxpayer. Cameron, speaking at the CBI’s [...]
Barclays warns of consolidation October 25, 2010 BARCLAYS president Bob Diamond yesterday predicted that the avalanche of new financial regulation will spark a wave of consolidation across the banking sector, as struggling banks are swallowed up by more successful rivals. Diamond, answering questions from delegates at the CBI’s annual conference, said that higher capital requirements in particular would mean that banks will [...]
CITY VIEWS: IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO HELP BUSINESSES October 25, 2010 MARTIN MENZIES | LLOYDS OF LONDON “Yes and no, it depends on the situation. They’ve probably not done enough for small business which could do with a bit more money in terms of capital lending. They could probably also do with a reduction in taxation on business accounts to be fair.” PAUL CHADHA | WINE [...]