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...Mifid 2 already It is starting to feel like at least parts of Mifid II were a really weird dream....
...Hugo bought 20 Hauteville, which he called Hauteville II, for his long-term mistress Juliette Drouet in 1863....
...and contemporary art include a small Alberto Giacometti editioned bronze of his wife and model Annette, priced at €1.45mn (c1953-54, Kamel Mennour), Robert Motherwell’s France-appropriate “Je t’aime No II...
...“Moses and the Burning Bush”, by 17th-century Dutch artist Gerard Hoet, is an exquisite drawing of an oft-represented scene in western art history....
...The then-King Baudouin of Belgium spoke first, saying that the independence was the result of “the genius of King Léopold II”....
...(ii) such a property wealth tax would lead to inefficiency in investment behaviour....
...(ii) For the average citizen, I expect them to feel the same as today....
...Hence, the Group will no doubt be praying that this is not analogous to a Gerard Ratner moment....
...In March that year, Cholderton House, a Grade II*-listed Queen Anne home near Salisbury in Wiltshire, burnt to a shell....
...Gerard Walsh, head of business development at Northern Trust Capital Markets, said: “We are starting to see capacity slowly but surely leaving the market, as was forecast.”...
...One or two ambassadors, notably Gérard Araud, Darroch’s French counterpart, have turned spicy tweets into an art form. Darroch demurs....
...“The aggregators are trying to capture share of the research distribution market at a time when disruption is happening,” said Gerard Walsh, head of business development at Northern Trust Capital Markets...
...If that proves politically impossible, they point to new rules, under the so-called Mifid II rule book that comes into force in 2018....
...There are four main options: i) May’s deal, ii) another deal (eg. Norway for now), iii) no deal or iv) remain....
...The wide-ranging Mifid II legislation remains unfinished and will be mandatory only from 2018 but its main components have been agreed....
...andrew.hill@ft.com Twitter: @andrewtghill Letter in response to this column: Approximations to reality that should be critically judged / From Gerard Keogh...
...Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist, Netwealth Investments Feel about the same as 12 months ago. I have not changed my view on Brexit over the past year....
...As Gerard Walsh, one of those market practitioners grappling with these changes, notes: “It’s a good thing that sunlight is entering areas where more transparency was needed....
...In the aftermath of World War II, he is getting sucked dry....
...There is sensuality — in the Improvisations sur Mallarmé I and II, for example — and beauty of sound for its own sake. There are plenty of mathematical challenges in every piece....
...Chanel first moved into the 173 Bond Street premises, a Grade II-listed property, in 1997, although has had a presence on the street since the 1960s....
...Gerard Lyons, chief economic strategist, Netwealth Investments I think UK growth will be just over 2% in 2017. I have revised up my forecast in recent weeks....
...Founded by Gérard Blitz – a Belgian water polo player and member of the French resistance during the second world war – Club Med started life in 1950 as a health club with basic accommodation....
...In Paris, the largest private house that Laurent Demeure, from Hamptons International, is aware of is a 20,000 sq ft mansion belonging to the actor Gérard Depardieu....
...The tax credits U-turn was a clear indication of two things: (i) in political terms spending cuts are becoming more difficult to implement, and (ii) Mr Osborne enjoys enough political capital to alter his...
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