Exclusive: Closing the gap between stakeholder expectations and corporate behaviour November 13, 2022 City A.M. revealed two weeks ago that six firms agreed to merge into a new stakeholder solutions entity that is backed by Falfurrias Capital Partners. The relatively unusual merger, given that six separate firms managed to reach a merger deal, involved Ballast Research, Hamilton Place Strategies, Flag Media Analytics, alva, Gotham Research Group, and Decode_M. The [...]
Exclusive: North Sea firms urge Government to protect investment relief as windfall tax hike looms November 12, 2022 North Sea oil and gas producers are urging Government to ensure investment relief is continued in line with any windfall tax expansion.
FTX files for bankruptcy as Sam Bankman-Fried resigns November 11, 2022 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has resigned his position as CEO of FTX, and filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? November 11, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Merkle Customer experience management company Merkle has bolstered its media practice with a new head of agency sales. Michael Butler, who joins from Essence after 11 years, has worked with some of the UK’s top brands such [...]
The age of politics by WhatsApp has damaged our trust in transparency November 11, 2022 “We all know how it works”, said the then prime minister David Cameron in 2010. “The lunches, the hospitality, the quiet word in your ear, the ex-ministers and ex-advisers for hire, helping big business find the right way to get its way.” What Cameron didn’t know when he gave the speech, which explicitly linked “secret [...]
How Donor-Advised Funds provide flexible solutions November 10, 2022 Following the introductory interview with Prism the Gift Fund’s Founder, CEO, Anna Josse, lastweek, Anna gives CityAM a closer look at how Donor Advised Funds provide flexible solutions forprivate clients and their philanthropic goals. Philanthropy is inherently personal; there are as many reasons for giving as there are people whogive. At Prism the Gift Fund [...]
‘Show restraint on pay’, fund managers tell FTSE bosses November 10, 2022 Fund managers are urging the UK’s top bosses to rein in their pay this year as the economy is rocked by a cost of living crunch.
Ed Warner: Richard Thompson must continue bold start at helm of English cricket November 10, 2022 No deckchair shuffling for Richard Thompson. English cricket’s new leader has pretty much cleared the deck of the governing body’s directors. His kind words about departing colleagues he has barely overlapped with suggests this is a diplomat with admirable stiletto-wielding skills. Now he must hire replacements capable of backing the reset that the sport so [...]
Binance pull out of deal to buy FTX November 9, 2022 Binance chief Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao has suddenly withdrawn his offer to buy Sam Bankman-Fried's beleaguered FTX exchange.
London SMEs ‘choked off’ from government contracts, says Labour November 9, 2022 The government is “choking off” opportunities for London SMEs by missing targets in awarding government contracts, Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has said. Rayner today told City A.M. that the public procurement process was a “Tory racket”, with new figures showing just a quarter of London SMEs have been successful in their bid to win [...]