The dastardly Mr Deedes
Former Barclays executive roger Jenkins, 66, who’s been charged by the Serious Fraud Office, claims to enjoy good relations with his pneumatic ex-wife Diana, despite having to pay her a £150m divorce settlement in 2011. how did hot-to-trot Diana, 44, digest her dome-headed former ‘husbank’s’ sobering news yesterday? By enjoying a no-expense-spared trek through South america with a muscular, medallionwearing latino companion in tow. Morgan Stanley’s aptly-named head of trading, Ted Pick, is credited with turning around the bank’s troubled bond trading division this year. The feisty ginger nut, 48, is now being talked up as a successor to Morgan Stanley’s mildmannered (read: a tad wan) Aussie chief James Gorman, 58. One potential banana skin. The trail of profanity-laden emails Pick’s been known to fire off to colleagues might unnerve the top brass. uS network nBC is broadcasting this week’s royal ascot meeting for the first time on american television. having acquired the rights in a multi-million dollar deal, an excitable producer asked if they could install a camera inside the Queen’s carriage for the royal procession. Prune-faced ascot officials didn’t even dignify the request with a response. aren’t the Yanks wonderful? Courtly ex- M& G boss Michael McLintock, 56, who retired last year from his £6.5m-a-year fund management role, isn’t intent on simply enjoying his considerable wealth and (I’m advised) excellent cellar. I hear he’s recently taken an undisclosed equity stake in boutique investment manager Neptune, with a beady eye on taking more in the near future. unmarried rapper Will.i.am’s foray into the technology sector isn’t giving Silicon Valley tycoons sleepless nights. his artificial intelligence personal assistant aneeda, launched in March, has disappeared without a trace. Previous flops include a £400 iPhone case and a smartwatch which one reviewer described as the ‘worst product i’ve worn all year’. Currently a judge on demeaning itV talent show the Voice Kids, is it now a case of Will.i.was?