19 JANUARY 1968, page 24

Expense Account

PORTFOLIO JOHN BULL Good news from Phoenix Assurance since 1 last wrote: the group has decided to raise its dividend for 1967 from 125 per cent to 140 per cent. On the......

City Diary Christopher Fildes .

I could observe that dignity, like Sir Leslie O'Brien's ex-officio top hat, is not improved by being stood on. But more is at stake. Time was when a few men in the City thought......