News

COL runnings, sausages and who is Larry Fink?: September’s diary

FN tours the lighter side of the City

Some of the City’s political bosses swapped London for the sunny south of France earlier this year
Some of the City’s political bosses swapped London for the sunny south of France earlier this year Photo: Mike Kemp/Getty Images

COL runnings

Every year, the great and good of the property world go on a jolly – sorry work trip – to Cannes for the MIPIM Property Conference. It’s Europe’s biggest property event. But a spot on the French Riviera doesn’t come cheap.

Just ask the City of London Corporation. It put in an £80,000 budget for this year’s event. So what bang did the Corporation get for its buck?

WSJ Logo