Russian oil explorer Exillon Energy to raise £62m in rare London flotation December 14, 2009 OIL explorer Exillon Energy is to raise about £62m in the first London stock market flotation by a Russian company since the financial crisis began. Exillon, which has operations in the Western Siberia and Komi regions of northern Russia, plans to place 40.5 million shares at 153p each. The IPO represents just under a third [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS December 14, 2009 DEAN STREET TOWNHOUSE OPENS There’s a new place to go to in Soho, from the people behind Soho House. Dean Street Townhouse is a chic little boutique hotel with a restaurant overseen by The Ivy’s former senior sous chef, Stephen Tonkin. There’s an old school British sensibility with oysters, fish and chips and mince with [...]
Haye trainer has no fear from Klitschko defence December 14, 2009 DAVID HAYE’S trainer Adam Booth is confident he has hatched a plan to beat Vitali Klitschko after the Ukrainian retained his WBC heavyweight title in Berne, Switzerland, on Saturday night. Klitschko condemned American Kevin Johnson to his first defeat with a unanimous points victory but his laboured performance failed to impress Booth. “It was a [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS December 13, 2009 RBC Wealth Management RBC Wealth Management has hired Shervin Mellegard, Samuel Palmer and Neil Jeffries as a managing director, director and wealth manager respectively in the UK domestic team. Mellegard, pictured, has over 20 years of experience in financial services, with his career having spanned commodities futures and securities trading at Merrill Lynch to private [...]
MORE DELAYS FOR DERIPASKA December 7, 2009 RUSAL, the world’s leading aluminium producer that is controlled by Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, will delay its long-awaited $3bn (£1.8bn) IPO until next year, after the Hong Kong Stock Exchange asked it to meet certain undisclosed conditions. The delay is another blow to Deripaska’s long-held aim of floating the business.
Relief at last for Moyes as Everton squeeze through December 2, 2009 AEK ATHENS (0) vs EVERTON (1) A SIXTH minute goal from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov was enough to hand struggling Everton a passage into the last 32 of the Europa League at a rain-soaked Olympic Stadium. The Russian winger raced onto Jo’s brilliant through ball to seal a precious away victory and keep the pressure off under-fire [...]
Deripaska’s plan for Rusal flotation hits a setback December 2, 2009 RUSSIAN tycoon Oleg Deripaska’s plan to float his aluminium business UC?Rusal hit another hurdle yesterday, when the Hong Kong Stock Exchange delayed a ruling that needs to go in the firm’s favour before it can list. Rusal, the world’s largest aluminium company, is poised to secure a $17bn debt restructuring package that it hopes will [...]
Challenger Salita confident of dethroning ‘chinny’ Khan December 1, 2009 DMITRIY SALITA believes he can steal victory over “chinny” Amir Khan in Newcastle on Friday night. The New York-based fighter puts his unbeaten record on the line when he takes on Khan for the WBA light-middleweight title. Khan, defending his title for the first time following his victory over Andreas Kotelnik in July, claims to [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 1, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES HIT HAMSTER RANGE LIFTS CHARACTER GROUPToymaker and distributor The Character Group has predicted Christmas shortages of its most popular lines of children’s gifts, including Go Go Pets, based on a range of battery-powered interactive hamsters. John Lewis, the department store chain, has already imposed a limit of one order per customer for the [...]
SEASONAL THOUGHTS FROM THE CITY GIRL November 30, 2009 As 2009 comes to a close, City folk are craving a bit of fun. After being forced to keep their heads down all year amid the misery, bailouts and chaos, most bankers I know are desperate to let their hair down, get drunk and embarrass themselves. One of the things I miss most about the [...]