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...“Prudential is focused on Asia and L&G is a social investor. What’s your one-sentence mission statement?” I asked, expecting a slick response. The man coughed. He took a drink of water....
...“Santa G” in 2022 is a whirl of organic cafés, healthy-eating restaurants, concept stores and the kind of services required by a certain kind of expat (ie, lawyers, caterers, private yoga instructors)....
...Cameo, Patreon and other sites allow people to pick their own rates and see if fans agree, writes Elaine Moore. (FT) It’s easy to hate the rich But harder to justify it, says Rhymer Rigby....
...Chance, Tamworth, Staffordshire; M Rennie, Aberdour Polymath 1022: Elayne Murphy, France Crossword 16,164: Robert Langston, Somerset; Allen Boxer, Berlin; Anthony G Santucci, Washington Polymath 1,021...
...Rupert Krefting, head of corporate finance and stewardship at M&G Investments, believes the issue of transparency is one of many that investors have not addressed satisfactorily....
...Closing Quote — essential comment before you go Elaine Moore With Airbnb, finally we have a tech IPO that may not flop....
...This lends a humorous touch to Casimir’s account, for the benefit of a visiting academic, of the chair Gerard Manley Hopkins sat in and the footstool on which G.K....
...Jenkins or A.G. Morrisey!”...
...Investors have more clarity about the Bank of Japan’s commitment to yield curve control, said Jim Leaviss, retail bond head at UK fund house M&G Investment....
...“It’s not Reaganomics we’ve seen from Philip Hammond, it’s just a response to expectations of an economic slowdown following Brexit,” says Jim Leaviss, head of fixed income at M&G Investments....
...“It’s hard to know if this is a short-term reaction or the start of something bigger but it is certainly making people nervous,” said Ben Lord, manager of M&G’s UK inflation-linked corporate bond fund....
...“I didn’t participate — there are other countries in the region that offer more value,” says Claudia Calich, emerging market fund manager at M&G....
...However, Jim Leaviss, retail bond chief at UK fund house M&G Investments, disputes the idea that overseas investors are taking money out of gilts as the result of political uncertainty or currency moves....
...Reporting by Eric Platt, Joe Rennison, Roger Blitz, Thomas Hale, Michael Hunter and Elaine Moore...
...Eric Lonergan, a fund manager at M&G Investments, caused a stir among market watchers last week when he suggested the UK’s new £100bn Term Funding Scheme — a way to encourage banks to pass on the cut in...
...“In emerging markets we are always aware of a sovereign’s ratings,” says Claudia Calich, specialist in emerging markets debt at M&G Investments, who points out that some investors have mandates that stipulate...
...corporate paper, the main winners will be investors, not the economy or the companies — which can issue debt at low rates elsewhere, argues Jim Leaviss, London-based head of retail fixed interest at M&G...
...Jim Leaviss, fund manager at M&G, said that, while rates might drop in the short term, inflation could mean a move in the opposite direction in the longer term....
...Claudia Calich, fund manager at M&G, which owns short-dated Venezuelan bonds, said: “So far it’s a miracle they’ve paid. If they continue paying it will be one the top performers....
...“Valuations were so cheap at the start of the year that it made sense to buy,” says Claudia Calich, emerging markets fund manager at M&G. “But in the long term all bets are off....
...Tempting as it is to read the FTSE 250’s rise as proof that all is well, Garfield Kiff, UK fund manager at M&G, cautions that the advance hides a less positive story....
...Claudia Calich, fund manager at M&G described the issue and subsequent rally in price for Argentine bonds as a “blowout”....
...Claudia Calich, fund manager at M&G, called the sale a positive step in normalising Argentina’s financial relations with the international markets....
...Even if the UK does vote to leave Europe the outcome could still be positive for gilts, suggest investors including Pimco and M&G....
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