Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands....
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Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands.
Coutts faces new storm as it plans to move £2bn out UK shares
The royal bank claims its ‘home bias’ towards British company shares was an ‘anachronism’ that needed ‘funadamental change’
Nationwide boss sold £150,000 shares in Virgin Money before bid
Members call for vote on deal grows
HSBC boss Quinn suddenly quits
Search for successor begins, says Europe’s biggest bank
Does Goldman Sachs have a women problem?
City Comment: The latest Government data shows Goldman at the top — or bottom depending on your perspective — of the banking pay gap league table
Winning the market: The UK supermarket industry is one of our best
City Comment: Sainsbury is top dog for now -- but this is a really competitive market
House prices will rise and mortgage rates fall, Lloyds Bank says
Britain’s biggest bank predicts three rate cuts this year
Primark booms as Rita Ora deal pays off
Inflation has all but gone, says Primark boss
Don’t be fooled by FTSE record: London stock market's still in trouble
City Comment: Even the new high is partly based on a very low level of optimism about the future for London shares
This court case could disrupt Nationwide's takeover of Virgin Money
City Comment: Virgin Money shareholders get a vote, why don’t Nationwide members?
Superdry founder insists 'I love this company' as he puts in £10m
The company will delist from the stock market allowing Dunkerton to focus on retailing – and avoids the business falling into administration
Take all but £100 out of your Nationwide account, say rebel members
City Comment: The rebel members are becoming an irritant to the Nationwide board
Oil market steady amid new Middle East fears
The oil price was little changed today on relief that the vast majority of the projectiles were shot down before reaching their targets
Campaign against Nationwide's Virgin Money deal puts pressure on board
Society denies ignoring members, but says a vote is not possible
Bank of England told to wise up by former Fed chief Bernanke
Bank’s forecasting has “serious...deficiencies”