Impax sees strong rise in assets October 25, 2010 IMPAX Asset Management reported strong trading volumes yesterday, saying it expected full year revenue to be well ahead of last year on the back of an increase of 45 per cent in assets under management (AUM). It said AUM increased to £1.8bn this year compared with £1.2bn a year earlier. The Aim-listed investment manager added [...]
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 [...]
Betfair launches an online trading arm October 25, 2010 SHARE trading service LMAX opened for business yesterday, offering contracts for difference on US and European share indices, commodities and UK gilts. The platform, which is majority owned by online sports gambling firm Betfair, adopts its parent’s model as a peer-to-peer exchange rather than a traditional broker. It claims to be the first multi-asset trading [...]
City hit by chemical leak October 25, 2010 THE City was hit by traffic chaos in the rush hour after a chemical spill at the New Change shopping mall on Cheapside. The London Fire Brigade in an alert said 30 people were evacuated as specialist teams combed the building to assess the cause of the spill. Land Securities, which owns the shopping centre [...]
All change for Square Mile shopaholics October 24, 2010 SHOPPING centre One New Change opens its doors to customers on Thursday, though up to 30 per cent of the shops will not be ready for the launch. Several people close to the development have said between 70 and 90 per cent of retailers will open on Thursday, with the rest aiming to complete their [...]
Burlington Arcade is sold for £104m October 24, 2010 BURLINGTON Arcade, one of the world’s oldest shopping centres, has been sold to European real estate firm Meyer Bergman and US property tycoon Joseph Sitt for £104m, the pair said yesterday. The centre near Bond Street, which opened in 1918, will be Sitt’s first purchase in Europe through his investment vehicle Thor Equities. Thor will [...]
When unusual dinners turn into business ideas October 21, 2010 WHO on earth is born with Mexican restaurant chain abilities in their DNA?” asks Eric Partaker. He and Dan Houghton decided to make it part of theirs when they launched the Mexican restaurant chain Chilango. Neither are Mexican or had run a restaurant before. But they found they made a good team when working at [...]
JP MORGAN BOSS DIMON WARNS ON UK REGIME October 20, 2010 MUCH has been made of rumours that JP Morgan is to abandon plans to build itself an all-singing, all-dancing new HQ in Canary Wharf, with talk rife that the UK’s punishing tax regime and regulatory changes are behind the bank’s reluctance to commit. And in a little-noticed interview aside recently, JP Morgan’s chief executive Jamie [...]
Chile’s business-minded president calls for free trade and innovation October 18, 2010 THE daring rescue of 33 miners against apparently impossible odds under the full glare of global media attention has helped Chile to capture the world’s imagination. The question for Sebastian Pinera yesterday was whether his country’s economic prospects are also bold and bright enough to make Chile attractive to European investors. The Chilean President’s long-planned [...]
FASHIONABLE WEST END October 17, 2010 RETAILERS in London’s West End have reported an 8.5 per cent year-on-year sales surge in September thanks to fashion-conscious shoppers seeking out new clothes for the Winter season. The New West End Company, which represents stores on Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street, said revamped stores and new lines were behind the sales.