FA Cup renamed “The Emirates FA Cup” as three-year £30m sponsorship deal confirmed May 30, 2015 Emirates Airline has been confirmed as the new sponsor of the FA Cup on the day of the cup final which will see Arsenal and Aston Villa meet at Wembley. The tournament will be renamed "The Emirates FA Cup" from next season until 2018 in a deal estimated to be worth around £30m over the [...]
City Moves for 26 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 25, 2015 Waverton Investment Management Andrew Fleming has been appointed chief executive of the investment management firm. He was most recently chief executive of Cumulus Group and, prior to that, chief executive and chief investment officer of Aegon Asset Management. He began his career at Gartmore Investment Management, before joining ABN Amro. EY The professional services firm [...]
City Moves for 21 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 20, 2015 LDC The private equity investor has appointed Simon Adcock as a portfolio director. Adcock, a qualified accountant with nearly 20 years of big four advisory experience, joins from Deloitte, where he was regional head of its corporate advisory business. He began his career at KPMG. Duff & Phelps The valuation and corporate finance adviser has [...]
City Moves for 14 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 13, 2015 Nexus Planning Amanda Balson has been appointed director of the planning and regeneration consultancy’s London office. She joins from Terence O’Rourke, and in her 20 years in the industry has also held director roles at Turley and DTZ Pieda Consulting. Allianz Global Investors Tobias C Pross has been appointed head of Europe, Middle East and [...]
City Moves for 12 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 11, 2015 Colliers International Martin Mahmuti has been appointed senior property economist in the commercial real estate services firm’s research and forecasting team. He began his career at Cushman and Wakefield, where he primarily reported on UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa retail markets. Hermes Investment Management Philip Nell has been appointed fund director in the asset [...]
Workers over the age of 50 are disproportionately likely to feel their career has stalled April 28, 2015 Workers over the age of 50 are disproportionately likely to feel their career has stalled, according to new research. In fact, just 12 per cent feel their career is progressing, compared with a third of those under 50. The study, by Axa PPP Healthcare, suggested that a third of those over 50 felt they didn't [...]
City Moves for 24 April 2015 | Who’s switching jobs April 23, 2015 Deloitte Real Estate Gerry Biddle has been appointed senior specialist business rates consultant in Deloitte’s real estate division’s valuation advisory and business rates team. He was responsible for setting up the London specialist rating unit of the Valuation Office Agency. Aviva Investors Simon Young has been appointed UK equities fund manager at Aviva’s asset management [...]
Phoenix from the flames: With US stocks at record highs, where can investors look next? April 23, 2015 From the darkest depths of the financial crisis six years ago, the world’s largest economy has rebounded strongly – and its equity markets have soared. US equities are now entering the seventh year of a bull market, with the seemingly unstoppable S&P 500 reaching a new record high virtually every month. The performance of [...]
An Isa revolution: Why the savings and investment vehicle is now more powerful than ever before April 23, 2015 Nearly 14m new Isas were opened in 2013-14. According to the recent BlackRock Investor Pulse Survey, the 16 year-old savings vehicle is used by over a quarter of Britons to build up their longterm wealth, and by nearly 40 per cent to provide a rainy day fund for life events. And the government’s revolution in [...]
The final countdown: Should we fear the outcome of the most tightly fought election for a generation? April 23, 2015 The UK is approaching the most unpredictable General Election for a generation. In our increasingly fractured political landscape, there is no clear frontrunner between Labour and the Conservatives, while a surge of support for the UK Independence Party, Scotland’s SNP and the Green Party has complicated the picture further. Many commentators have voiced concerns over [...]