David McCann

Type: Person

Name: David McCann

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

ACCE 2013 Conference Re-cap

I attended ICMI's ACCE 2013 conference in Seattle, WA this week. This was the 10th anniversary edition of the premier global gathering for contact center professionals.If you are like me, you find it hard to keep track of all the brilliant ideas, inspiring ... [Published CRM Guru - May 17 2013]

Entities: Tamara Taylor, Contact Center, Call Center

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Man Group plc

UPDATE 2-Hedge fund firm Man Group shares surge on debt buyback

* To use up to $470 mln to buy back debt* Move will save up to $78 mln a year in interest, coupons* Less shareholder hostility at AGM* Clients withdrew a net $3.7 bln in Q1* Company still has fundamental problems-analyst (Updates with AGM results, analyst ... [Published London South East - May 03 2013]

Entities: Man Group plc, Emmanuel Roman, Sandy Rattray, GLG Japan Core Alpha, David McCann

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Legal & General Group Plc

Legal & General’s Cash Flow Beats Estimates on Assets, Savings

Legal & General Group Plc (LGEN), the biggest manager of U.K. pension assets, said first-quarter cash generation rose 13 percent, beating analysts’ estimates, as its funds unit had record inflows and annuities sales rose.Operational cash generation, a ... [Published Bloomberg - May 02 2013]

Entities: Legal & General Group Plc, Nigel wilson, Numis Corp PLC

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Column: Why are people disengaging with politics in Northern Ireland?

OVER THE PAST month we have been reflecting on the fifteenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Looking back through the newspapers at that time you can see the palpable sense of hope that not just three decades of violence were coming to an end ... [Published TheJournal.ie - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Northern Ireland, Good Friday Agreement, Disengagement, Elections

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Globalfoundries Inc

Global Foundries demonstrates first functional 20nm silicon wafers

Global Foundries, Milpitas, Calif., has demonstrated its first functional 20nm silicon wafers with integrated Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs). Manufactured by its leading-edge 20nm-LPM process technology, the TSV capabilities will allow customers to stack ... [Published ASM International - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Globalfoundries Inc, Silicon, Critical Device, Supply Chain, David McCann

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Apple Inc

Top-earning Irish bosses shared almost €60m in pay

Smurfit CEO earned more than Apple boss as Irish executives made big money in 2012, writes Nick WebbEmailPrintFont SizeThe top 10 highest-earning Irish executives of listed companies shared €59.7m last year, down 9.5 per cent on the 2011 figures.The drop ... [Published Irish Independent - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Tullow (Ireland), Apple Inc, Kelly Martin

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

The Falkirk Herald scoops top award

The award was presented at a ceremony hosted by Tam Cowan in the Radisson BLU in Glasgow on Thursday night.The success marked the third time the Herald has lifted the top honour, having previously won in 2007 and 2008.Edito Colin Hume, who received the ... [Published Falkirk Herald - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Tam Cowan, David O Leary, Ian Rutherford

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Lloyds May Raise $1.2 Billion From Scottish Widows, Numis Says

Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LLOY), the U.K.’s biggest mortgage lender, may reap about 800 million pounds ($1.2 billion) from selling fund-management unit Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, Numis Corp. said.Large managers of index-linked funds such ... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Numis Corp PLC, Scottish Widows Group Ltd, David McCann, António Horta-Osório

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Evening News shines at Scottish Press Awards

The was last night given three top honours at the Scottish Press Awards, the Oscars of the newspaper industry, held in Glasgow. Associate Editor Gina Davidson was awarded the prestigious title of Journalist of the Year; the News won Scoop of the Year ... [Published The Scotsman - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Edinburgh (United Kingdom), David O Leary, Ian Rutherford, Frank O Donnell

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

'Jindallae Kkot' (Azalea flowers)

I grew up in a small town in North Korea. It was nestled snugly amid hills, mountains, and a nice river. In the spring, those hills and mountains would come alive with pink colonies of azalea flowers or “jindallae kkot’’ in Korean. In South Korea, azalea ... [Published Korea Times - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: David McCann, Kim Dong-Jin, Sogang University, Robert Frost, South Korea

First reported Mar 23 2013 - Updated Mar 23 2013 - 1 reports

Schroders eyes a takeover of Cazenove

Two of the oldest names in the City look set to come together after fund management group Schroders said it is considering a takeover of its smaller rival Cazenove Capital. The deal could mean huge windfalls for current and former staff involved when ... [Published The Independent - Mar 23 2013]

Entities: Schroders PLC, Takeover, David McCann, Jupiter Fund Management plc

Quotes

"whilst these savings (from the buyback) are clearly beneficial to earnings in the short term, they do nothing to address fundamental top line problems caused by poor performance, weak flows and margin pressures" said Numis analyst David McCann, who has a sell rating on the shares

UPDATE 2-Hedge fund firm Man Group shares surge on debt buyback [Published London South East - May 03 2013]

...is valued at around 3 per cent of its assets under management, while peers like Jupiter Fund Management trade at about 5 per cent of assets. "schroders certainly needs to do something given the loss of richard buxton and other fund managers. clearly they will need a high-quality uk franchise" said Numis analyst David McCann

Schroders eyes a takeover of Cazenove [Published The Independent - Mar 23 2013]