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16 Jun 2010
Citywealth Women in Wealth Group launches at The Arch Hotel London, W1
Citywealth Women in Wealth Group launched on Monday 7th June at The Arch London Hotel, Great Cumberland Place, W1. A gathering of forty women met to find out more about the new group which aims to provide a coherent and supportive group for senior women in the private wealth industry. Those attending were invited to become founder members of the Citywealth Women in Wealth Group. Guests included Wendy Walton and Helen Jones, BDO, Helen Ratcliffe and Judith Millar, Bircham Dyson Bell, Karen Marks, Boodle Hatfield, Charlotte Thorne, Capital Generation Partners, Catriona Syed, Charles Russell, Pauline Crawford, Corporate Heart, Paula Higgleton, Deloitte, Juliet Wedderburn, Deutsche Bank, Carolyn Steppler, Ernst & Young, Caroline Butler, Lord North Street, Sally Tennant, Lombard Odier, Lesley Lintott, Penningtons, Louise Stoten and Joan Major at New Quadrant Partners, Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe, Signia Wealth and Helen Watson, Rothschilds. Read more...
14 May 2010
Citywealth Magic Circle Awards - winners announced
Now in its fifth year, the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards is an established presence in the wealth management calendar. Each year the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards Read more...
14 Apr 2010
Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2010 - Online voting announced
Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2010. London Landmark Hotel - 13th May 2010. Online voting - deadline 30th April 2010. www.citywealthmag.com/awards Read more...
16 Mar 2010
Carey Olsen help you relocate to Jersey
Michelin-starred restaurants, beautiful beaches, open countryside and a warm micro-climate combine to offer the best of all worlds. Jersey represents an appealing blend of British home-from-home and continental sophistication. And its position as a world-class international finance centre should not be overlooked. It is the perfect place for families, with excellent education and healthcare facilities, and a low crime rate. Read more...
10 Feb 2010
Citywealth recommended reading: The Economic Ascent of the Hotel Business
Hotels are often a rich persons hobby (or folly). The Economic Ascent of the Hotel Business is required reading for anyone owning hotels or working within them. It has eye opening statistics on you/your competitors, market share, how brands got where they did and also who's brands are slipping. The book should be read once, then used as a reference guide. Read more...
10 Feb 2010
GTBank will sponsor British-born Nigerian Shonibare’s scale replica of Nelson’s ship, HMS Victory, encased in a giant glass bottle
Shonibare, born in London before moving to Lagos when he was three-years-old, is represented in London by Stephen Friedman Gallery – which appointed College Hill. Read more...
10 Feb 2010
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System by Hank Paulson
With so many economic decisions to be made there were obvious political implications to the crisis. Paulson discloses conversations with the key political figures including President Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Also described are conversations with Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, particularly in relation to Barclays attempt to buy Lehman Brothers shortly before the bank’s collapse. Read more...
27 Nov 2009
Bonuses and bankers. An article by Sharokh Koussari a Partner at Howard Kennedy
The media and politicians have been concentrating their attacks on the amount of supposedly extortionate bonuses awarded to how many bankers. However, the reality is that many bankers have not been given any bonus at all. This is despite their good performance and others are not happy with the amount of bonus awarded to them any very senior investment bankers are being dismissed with relatively derisory payouts and in a depressed market having not been paid their bonus. Read more...
17 Nov 2009
Isle of Man and the UK VAT agreement renegotiation
The Treasury commented on the agreement. “The IOM didn't have their own VAT revenue raising mechanism and it wasn't worth their while creating one so the UK govt had a historic VAT sharing agreement in place. If IOM raised VAT, the UK would collect it and the IOM, would in return get their share of the VAT payments.” One source suggested that the IOM VAT payments had amounted to more than was expected and after investigation it was agreed between IOM and the UK treasury that the agreement terms should be renegotiated. Read more...
06 Nov 2009
LDC: Lloyds TSB Development Capital helping China
LDC has recently opened in Hong Kong to explore opportunities in China through Asian supply chains. and have already invested $30mn into a Chinese fund. Read more...
