Mark Kleinman: Post Office needs new leaders to deliver real change January 25, 2024 Mark Kleinman is Sky News' City Editor and writes a weekly column for City A.M. This week, he tackles the Post Office, succession at Lloyd's and the six-days-a-week Royal Mail obligation
Are The Fortune 500 Afraid Of The Dark? Metrikus Is Back With Dark January To Get Companies To Go #LightsOut January 25, 2024 It definitely feels like that when you look up at the skyline of the City of London well after office hours. All these towering skyscrapers are lit up with absolutely no one in. And while the legend of the occasional graduate banker burning the midnight oil and napping in sleep pods may well be the [...]
Liontrust starts search for new chair following GAM fiasco January 25, 2024 Liontrust has begun to search for a new chair following its failure to purchase Swiss asset manager GAM last year. Alastair Barbour, who has sat on the firm’s board for 13 years and has been chair of the asset manager since September 2019, is set to be replaced. Sky News reported that Liontrust had been [...]
Worst corporate jargon of the week: Bandwidth January 25, 2024 We call out the worst corporate jargon of the week. Bandwidth is a terribly troubling term used by City workers who have become more robot than human.
Air Astana: Why we’re taking off on The London Stock Exchange January 25, 2024 Air Astana is set for a London listing. Charlie Conchie talks to the airline’s chief about the upcoming move.
What could we see from Labour’s election manifesto? January 25, 2024 Labour leader Keir Starmer has set a deadline for draft manifesto submissions - so what could the party offer the UK at a general election?
Investing in the weather? Why catastrophe bonds are taking off in the City January 25, 2024 Catastrophe bonds may sound risky, but betting on the weather can prove a sound investment, writes Claude Brown.
Thousands of high-growth UK companies in ‘financial ill health’ January 25, 2024 Tens of thousands of UK companies are showing "distinct early signs of financial ill health" despite being predicted to grow by 20 per cent over the next year, according to a new report.
Media secretary ‘minded to’ open second probe into Telegraph sale January 24, 2024 Media secretary Lucy Frazer has said she is "minded to" to open a new investigation into the proposed £600m sale of the Telegraph.
Former Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis pleads guilty to securities fraud January 24, 2024 Former Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis has pleaded guilty to a number of criminal charges in the United States. The British billionaire was charged with insider trading last year and has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and two counts of securities fraud. The 86-year-old’s family trust control a majority [...]