WBrief: UBS’s credit rating to be cut severely?
UBS’s credit ratings may be cut by more than one notch by the rating agency Moody’s Investor Services, which is…
ByMonth: June 2009
Dead. But red?
The death of Jack Jones at the age of ninety-six in April prompted claims that he worked in the Soviet…
ByOver-easing
Well, we all know Gordon can’t make anything work within the normal rules and always needs more money While Tim…
ByJersey Finance: Foundations Law approved
The approval of the Jersey Foundations Law by Privy Council this week has been welcomed by Jersey Finance as a…
ByMayfair Marathon
If there are two things Hedgehog likes, they are charity events and seeing celebrities sweat. If there are two things…
ByWBull: Private bankers oblivious to client anger
Just under half of all wealthy people are set to change their private banking arrangements, as the impact of the…
BySwitz. signs tax treaty with France in greylist progress
Switzerland has signed a double taxation agreement with France, the Ministry of Finance announced in a statement on Friday. The…
ByST: Myners promises to battle EU hedge fund rules
CITY MINISTER Paul Myners has vowed to fight “tooth and nail” to revise a directive from Brussels that would give…
BySTel: Lloyds abandoning UK-based US customers
Lloyds Banking Group is ditching American customers based in Britain pending a crackdown on international tax evasion planned by President…
By£20m Mayfair house repossessed
A £20 million house, described as “a stunning property in one of the best sites in Mayfair” has been seized…
ByCoping With It: Nettles
Another cartoon from the sharpest pen: Nettles.
ByLord Myners’ speech to Assoc of Foreign Banks
In the magnificent surroundings of Mansion House – and in the convivial atmosphere you have been enjoying today – it’s…
ByJersey Finance chief on TIEA with Australia
Statement from Geoff Cook, chief executive, Jersey Finance, on the signing of the TIEA with Australia. Statement from Geoff Cook,…
ByHang on to your seat
Desperate, Labour MPs realise that they have no future with Brown, who will continue from gaffe to gaffe. Unhappy memories…
ByDr. Bling
‘End of bling is nigh’ warns new study from Georgios Patsiaouras of the University of Leicester School of Management. ‘Research…
ByA Million-Pound Life: ’20
How much is a banker’s life worth? Not very much, the baying crowds cry. And one banker would agree: he’s…
BySalivating at the Mouth
You don’t sense that chef Jacob Kenedy is the tantrum sort, given the calmness of the restaurant and its City…
ByTime to scrape spolling?
Driving around the Hogarth Roundabout (such a tribute to the great pictorial satirist to be immortalised in traffic reports) I…
ByTimes: Recession over, says a think-tank
The recession was declared over by the country’s leading economics think-tank yesterday after it released upbeat estimates showing that growth…
ByNYT: Hedge funds start to stage recoveries
LONDON In mid-March, with the global stock markets plunging, Philippe Jabre, a hedge fund manager based in Geneva, started buying…
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