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...These include Hong Kong-based Seiga Asset Management, Magnetar Asset Management and subsidiaries Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors and BX LCS....
...“We have verbally offered them Silver Bank lc [letters of credit] solution,” Gupta told Oikonomou in a January WhatsApp message quoted in the affidavit....
...“It was a grave mistake,” says Codogno, who now heads London-based consultancy LC Macro Advisors....
...Will the existing test applied by financial services companies taking on new clients be used? Is it even appropriate?...
...The FSCS, which refunds deposits and investments when things go wrong, has previously said it is not accepting claims related to LCF as the company was issuing “its own mini-bonds to investors on a non-advised...
...LC&F could still have been classified as a “dealer in investments as principal”, that is, an investment bank; a designation that would have exposed it to greater regulation....
...He guaranteed his investment by taking on personal liability for the company’s debts....
...Many will wonder why a retail market for such high-risk investments was able to flourish with scant regulatory oversight for so long....
...Mr Valroff was previously chief executive of Crédit Agricole’s corporate and investment bank, which is also an adviser to the Lagardère group....
...There is rightly a great deal of interest in what happened at LC & F and the role of the FCA....
...Almost all of LC&M’s 7.3 per cent stake is used as collateral by lending banks, according to Lagardère’s 2018 annual report, and the holding company sold €2m worth of shares of Lagardère last month despite...
...Sushil Wadhwani , chief investment officer, QMA Wadhwani, a PGIM company Yes, I do expect a bounce in growth that lasts at least a couple of quarters....
...Nick Bosanquet, Professor of Health Policy, Imperial College There had been signs of increased business investment and expansion by French companies....
...“It is just like a helium balloon that can only fly so high before eventually the helium wears off and the balloon floats back to earth,” Michael Underhill, chief investment strategist at Capital Innovations...
...Extra investment accounts for 6bn. Just with these few items, we approach 100bn (6% of GDP)....
...Beyond the bond market, many Italy-listed companies are multinationals which do large amounts of their business abroad....
...If companies do not raise their investment at faster rates, real GDP growth would decline....
...Number of responses: 28 — Before 2019: 21 — Between 2019 and 2021: 5 — After 2021: 2 Alastair Winter, Chief Economist, Daniel Stewart & Company Before 2019 Alberto Gallo, Portfolio Manager and Head...
...Number of responses: 27 — Hard Brexit: 12 — Soft Brexit: 3 — Something in between: 10 — No deal: 2 Alastair Winter, Chief Economist, Daniel Stewart & Company Soft Brexit Alberto Gallo, Portfolio Manager...
...Number of responses: 28 — Yes: 22 — No, it will buy less than €780bn: 3 — No, it will buy more than €780bn: 3 Alastair Winter, Chief Economist, Daniel Stewart & Company No, it will buy more than €780bn...
...Number of responses: 28 Average (mean): 1.26 per cent Alastair Winter, Chief Economist, Daniel Stewart & Company 1 per cent Alberto Gallo, Portfolio Manager and Head of Macro Strategies, Algebris Investments...
...David Miles, Professor of Economics, Imperial College London Investment has been weak and companies have been holding back on spending. No doubt some of that is Brexit related....
...Number of responses: 28 - No: 4 - No, but it will fall below $1.05: 5 - Yes: 19 Alastair Winter, Chief Economist, Daniel Stewart & Company Yes Alberto Gallo, Portfolio Manager and Head of Macro Strategies...
...Number of responses: 27 Average (mean): 1.47 per cent Alastair Winter, Chief Economist, Daniel Stewart & Company 1.4 per cent Alberto Gallo, Portfolio Manager and Head of Macro Strategies, Algebris Investments...
...Beyond that, much will hinge on the impact of any Brexit deal (transition and longer-term prospects) on [companies’ capital expenditure]....
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