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...At present the system consists of five investment options, known as funds A, B, C, D and E. Fund A is the riskiest, while Fund E is the most conservative....
...Slok: In some cases triple C, even single B credit looks more vulnerable, because those are the firms that are more vulnerable to higher interest rates....
...There is therefore a tension between managing asset/liability mismatch (i.e. buying gilts to match liabilities) and generating the returns required in the funding plan to meet benefits in full....
...“There’ll be a new focus on liquidity,” says Andrew Lewis, chief financial officer of FTSE 250 aerospace and defence group Chemring....
...Stakeholders Incorporated: our guide to the ABCs of PBCs Do you know your B Corps from your public benefit corporations?...
...The Senate Judiciary committee will hold a hearing on ransomware attacks....
...The UK arm of the group that certifies B Corps, the form of benefit corporations adopted by the likes of Bombas and Patagonia, is asking companies to imagine what their boardroom will be discussing in 2030...
...“The benefit of sustainable aviation fuel is that we don’t have to change very much,” said Russ Dunn, chief technology officer at GKN Aerospace....
...Michael Wickens: 1) Welfare benefits from low inflation and high growth....
...The idea of ripping up existing EU rules is largely unpopular with companies — which have already incorporated them into their business models — and is potentially politically toxic....
...Heathrow Airport and the London F&B sector respectively....
...It’d be interesting also to know if Natixis had set up an internal strategy committee to examine a potential offer, then split off into a second adhoc committee to weigh up a price in the region of €3.50...
...Bakkavor and more potential for revenue synergies from recent M&A (e.g....
...as European rail markets a) move online, and b) liberalise, causing fragmentation of existing state-run services....
...The SPI-B (behavioural subgroup) meetings shed more light on the shift in strategy....
...Some stay at home benefit but also a likely hangover to come....
...We think Airbus would be best-positioned to benefit from a V-shaped recovery in 2021....
...The good news for the C-suite is that 42 per cent of respondents give big companies an “A” or “B” grade for their handling of the crisis so far....
...At 10x P/E (adjusted for pension and earn out), ITV is the most expensive broadcaster in Europe....
...This rotation would push significantly higher all the laggards such as small-caps, oil and gas, materials, and more broadly stocks with low P/E and P/B ratios [price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios]...
...He founded Lega, Colucci e Albertazzi e Associati — the first LCA — in 1988, then spent eight years with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer after it incorporated LCA into its international network in 1996....
...Earlier this year Rockwell acquired B/E Aerospace, which specialises in cabin interior systems for aircraft such as seats, galleys and lavatories, for $8.6bn, and French aero-engine maker Safran acquired...
...In October, Rockwell itself bought B/E Aerospace, another aerospace components company, for $8.6bn. Rockwell paid around 13.5 times B/E’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation....
...With B/E Aerospace, it is also a market leader in aircraft interiors and seats....
...(Environment International) E-cig debate still smouldering A study casts doubt on ecigarettes' use as a bridge to stop smoking, while another said exposure to e-cig advertising increased the odds of youth...
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