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...The value of short positions against Argentine bonds lent by international custodian banks is currently $41mn, a sharp increase from $25mn ahead the mid-August vote, according to data from S&P Global Market...
...HR positions are now more likely to be considered part of the “C-suite” than five years ago....
...By June next year, S&P Global is predicting the US default rate will rise to 4.5 per cent, up from 1.7 per cent at the start of 2023....
...Adam Abbas, the co-head of fixed income at Harris Associates, said markets were “effectively” closed for triple-C rated companies looking to raise debt, raising the spectre of “a natural default cycle”....
...It is a clearout that mirrors the CEO turnover after the 2008 financial crisis, according to Luke Meynell of executive search company Russell Reynolds Associates....
...“One of them has to be the sense that hourly workers and others can’t be secure about their futures, while the C-suite is doing extremely well.”...
...However, Kevin Brennan, director of investment systems at Bridgewater Associates, says that it is “early days” for investors when it comes to engaging with companies on corporate political responsibility...
...this article: Job sharing is one route to gender equality in C-suite / From Mary McCarthy, Dublin, Ireland...
...S&P predicted AMC would run out of cash within six months as it burns through more than $100m a month. The agency downgraded AMC’s credit rating two notches to triple C minus last month....
...S&P downgraded AMC’s credit rating two notches to triple C minus at the beginning of this month, one of the lowest rungs on the ladder....
...Additional reporting by Alistair Gray Letter in response to this article: Trump’s fundraisers must share some of the blame / From David C Speedie, Charlottesville, VA, US...
...Ethan Ilzetzki, associate professor of economics at LSE: The UK will lag behind other developed economies in 2023....
...And you don’t hear much complaining when the industry does beat the S&P, as was the case in 2018....
...Our last published fair value of 440p (29% upside) is equivalent to a P/TNAV multiple of 0.79x....
...The stock trades at 21x FY22E P/E. During the lockdown, we have seen major brands, i.e....
...Associate/JV income of $421m is 27% below consensus $574m....
...“Running assets for a P&C focused insurer is different from managing the savings accumulated though life insurance products,” said Mr Holmes....
...I am buying triple-C credit in the high-yield junk bond market, triple-A CLOs (collateralised loan obligations) and triple-B corporate bonds. “An inflation breakout would worry me....
...We value JE using a sum-of-the-parts model comprising the UK, Canada, Australia and the iFood associate, which is a significant element (c.10%) of the group valuation, using a combination of sales multiples...
...Tony Yates, macroeconomic policy unit research associate at the Resolution Foundation: No....
...Michael C Fina, a well-known New York jeweller that shut its physical store in 2016 in an effort to shift online, closed for good earlier this year after almost 85 years in business....
...The M came off first, then the P. Soon the T, R and U were gone too....
...Most investors associate that setting with high recession risks, which is why 2019 could be the true late-cycle year when almost every asset underperforms cash....
...New hires include Mike Cooke, formerly at TA Associates on technology investments, has joined as vice-president. Bilal Chaudhry, who worked at KKR, is now senior associate at Apax....
...Chris Humphrey is a Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute, specialising in development finance. Back to beyondbrics...
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