A major shareholder row erupts over one of the biggest takeovers of the year, as fund manager Schroders takes the rare step of issuing a stock exchange statement to publicly condemn engineer Charter's board... more
Investors face another volatile year but can expect share prices to carry on rising, says Michael Dobson, chief executive of fund manager Schroders... more
While other professions have suffered in the recession, City lawyers, it seems, have come up with a magic solution to the drop in business: jack up their fees... more
Developers of The Pinnacle, which will become the City of London’s tallest office block when it is completed next year, are in talks to lease up to a quarter of the building to fund management giant Schroders... more
Market Round-up: Cairn Energy is as close as anyone came to drumming up a story on a typically quiet summer's day, with some punting the idea its Greenland drilling campaign is poised to come up double trumps... more
Banking Analysis: That the Lib-Cons have sidelined banking reform gives a nasty sense that we are approaching one of those great political fudges... more
Banking Analysis: Corporate meddling promised by politicians is even less likely to be enforced than Barack Obama's pledges to close Guantanamo Bay prison... more
Fund manager and private bank Schroders had record inflows of investors’ money at £9.7 billion in the first quarter as retail and institutional investors clambered aboard... more
Banking Analysis: It is the sheer scale of the numbers in focus courtesy of the Goldman Sachs “scandal” that is interesting, not the activities... more
Banking Analysis: Beats me why everyone is so surprised about this latest banking scandal, involving a Goldman Sachs vice-president known colourfully as “fabulous Fab Tourre"... more
Robert Hingley, the investment banker who led the Takeover Panel for the last two years, will be head of Lazard's UK financial institutions group... more
Banking Analysis: An army private earns about £15,000 a year - that troops join up at all speaks loudly about the quality of the army's leadership. Like the banks' inability to manage their businesses speaks about theirs... more
Banking Analysis: We badly need to get used to the fact that there’s nothing wrong with bonuses. It is the way our system works, says Graeme Davies... more
Asset management and private banking giant Schroders today axed around 50 staff in its City HQ on Gresham Street — about 5% of its 1100-strong London workforce. Insiders claimed that “whole teams” were being shown the door... more
Finance: Fund manager Schroders unveiled a 70% slump in profits and admitted it sees little chance of stock markets sparking into life this year... more
You would think that bankers would by now be wary about following the latest fashion, but it would appear to be a habit too deeply ingrained to shake off... more
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