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...Medium-sized German insurer LVM holds a 2.9 per cent stake in Signa Prime Selection, one of the two companies that owns most of the Signa group’s assets....
...A report from a parliamentary committee published last year revealed that when the BBB challenged Greensill over its excessive lending to Gupta’s metals empire, the finance company said it had received “...
...At the age of 24 he broke away to start a tiny operation offering bill discounting — although he did rely on his family for initial capital, and a small office....
...I’m relying on clients to tell me the truth,” says a senior banker at one prime broker....
...A critical question is whether European companies will be able to capture such opportunities from a more balkanised energy system....
...Ireland is benefiting from a €8bn corporate tax windfall after bumper pandemic-boosted revenues from tech and pharma companies....
...The admission appeared to contradict earlier comments he had made that the company did not have a liquidity issue....
...A rightwing intellectual, he has studied Arabic in recent years and read Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century in its original French....
...A number of reports in recent days have said the Treasury is considering significant increases in corporation and capital gains taxes, although officials have not confirmed their plans....
...to high single digit % growth in RWAs for FY20 as a whole (due to credit migration, partially offset by structural RWA reduction as capital is reallocated across the Group); and 6) The CET1 capital ratio...
...Elsewhere in sellside, doorstep lender Provident Financial gets an upgrade from Jefferies: Balance sheet strength will help PFG to weather the recession, and it will emerge into a larger non-prime lending...
...“It’s not venture capital, it’s patient capital,” Mr Flavel says, adding that this is a popular choice for retired or semi-retired clients who are looking for businesses to mentor....
...Finally, the company has a material portfolio of attractive 2C resources, which not only remain underappreciated, but also puts Aker BP in prime position to take advantage of changes to the Norway tax rules...
...Deglobalisation is a risk for sectors reliant on global trade, like testing companies and freight forwarders....
...Yes, the numbers are bigger, but the shock, while not a V is shorter and sharper than that crash, and the pre-crisis fiscal situation was strong....
...But with [prime minister Narendra] Modi coming in and a renewables push, two India specific funds raised capital for the first time in three years or so.”...
...of fintech companies and other non-banks and the likely rise in demand for a central bank digital currency....
...The “bail-in” rules in the EU’s banking union are a prime example of the move to substitute private for public capital in economic stabilisation....
...I included in monetary matters the regulation and resolution of banks, because the money creation process is today a byproduct of banks’ lending decisions....
...The combination of a small tweak in rates, ending of lending schemes, hike in counter-cyclical capital buffers, plus, perhaps, more general tightening of lending as a result of micro-prudential measures,...
...Both companies are under the umbrella of Alphabet, Google’s holding company. Shares in SoftBank Group hit a 17-year high on the news....
...larger than Great Plains, could have paid much more for Westar but didn’t it notes the capital structure arbitrage Great Plains is exploiting by taking advantage of the cost of capital difference between...
...And by doubling EIS investment limits for knowledge intensive companies, while ensuring that EIS is not used as a shelter for low-risk capital preservation schemes....
...The Italian referendum that spelt the political end for prime minister Matteo Renzi caused a blip of a matter of minutes....
...Of course, there’s always the chance we are plain getting this wrong....
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