Neil Collins

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Position: Columnist, Reuters news

City Editor, The Daily Telegraph 1986-2005 City Editor, The Sunday Times, 1984-1986 City Editor, Evening Standard, 1979-1984 Director Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc, Finsbury Growth and Income Trust plc Passion: fly fishing (and wife Julia and seven-year-old twins)

Articles

COLUMN-Walker invents the super-non-exec: Neil Collins November 26, 12:01am EST

-- Neil Collins is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own -- Full Article

COLUMN-Banks bully, brokers bleat: Neil Collins

COLUMN-Irene presses the snooze button on Cadbury: Neil Collins

COLUMN-Shareholders bear privatised pensions pain: Neil Collins

Cowdery resolves to be Friends after all: Neil Collins

Rolls: a national treasure that makes money: Neil Collins

Blog Posts

Rights and wrongs at Lloyds Banking

If you’ve ever wondered how the big-shot investment bankers “earn” their bonuses, the document launching Britain’s biggest rights issue will give you a clue. Lloyds Banking Group is issuing 36,505,088,579 ... Full Article | Comments [1]

A Carnival instead of a wake for Cadbury

It may be fantasy M&A, but little GFI Securities has a suggestion for putting Cadbury and Hershey together without bankrupting the buyer. Compared to the blunderbuss approach from Kraft, it's elegant ... Full Article

M&S makes smart buy from Morrisons

The market's reaction to the defection of Marc Bolland from William Morrison to Marks & Spencer looks the right one. Morrisons has a fresh headache, and may not have internal talent of sufficient quality to plug the gap quickly. Meanwhile, Bolland's record should give him the confidence to deal with the egos at M&S. Full Article

M&S makes smart buy from Morrisons

Shareholders bear the privatised pensions pain

Plenty of votes in bonus-bashing

The FTSE 100 isn't fit for purpose

BT shows its pensions sore to Ofcom