
11 February, 2021
John Barker named as chair of ITI Capital
John Barker has joined financial services firm ITI Group as chair of regulated UK broker
5 February, 2021
Prudential appoints Chua Sock Koong and Ming Lu as NEDs
Prudential has appointed two new non-executive directors to join its board from May. Chua Sock Koong is former group chief executive of Singtel Group, one of Asia's largest telecoms businesses. She...
17 December, 2020
Covid and liquidity boost ‘mega’ M&A deals
Corporate finance junkies will have noticed the stream of M&A "mega deals" (those worth $5bn or more) over recent months, capped by news this week of
15 September, 2020
Share buybacks criticised for ‘short-term self-enrichment’ of executives
Share buybacks have earned themselves an unenviable reputation in recent years. And now they—and the executives who use them—are under attack again. Analysts this week unveiled a new scoring sy...
11 September, 2020
Board moves: Jane Fraser to take over as Citigroup CEO
Jane Fraser has been named as the new chief executive officer of Citigroup. Fraser joined Citigroup in 2004 i...
15 July, 2020
CVAs: flexible business aid or delaying the inevitable?
Stories of companies going bust and redundancies currently litter news sites and TV bulletins. But a number of big name brands have opted to use a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) as a means of sur...
8 June, 2020
How failed M&A can destroy a director’s credibility
Big mergers and acquisitions (M&As) make their first splash in the headlines based on the huge price tags attached to them. “Abbvie acquires Allergan, $63bn”, “United Technologies acquires R...
1 April, 2020
Pushback on buybacks as global brands postpone plans
On Wednesday this week WPP, one of the world’s largest marketing and advertising companies, suspended a £950m buyback announced last year. A day later Adidas, a global sports brand announced postpo...
30 September, 2019
Sasja Beslik: global finance industry ‘is the key to a sustainable future’
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3 July, 2019
Financial risk: questions the board should ask in uncertain times
Currency markets rarely hit the headlines during periods of stability. So it is unsurprising that, in the aftermath of the UK’s Brexit referendum, the precipitous fall in the value of the pound acte...- 1
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