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...Barclays has appointed Na Wei as global head of leveraged finance. She previously led the firm’s Emea leveraged finance business....
...“It has definitely opened people’s minds in terms of the art of the possible,” said Na Wei, a managing director at Barclays, which led the transaction, adding that the deal was originally underwritten with...
...“It has definitely opened people’s minds in terms of the art of the possible,” said Na Wei, a managing director at Barclays, which led the transaction....
...She joins the fund’s London office from Barclays, where she has served as chief executive of its private bank since 2016....
...Q: How would we expect investors to react? A: Strong Q4 and entry into Germany are welcome, but current trading is uncertain....
...“Na, he jist gangs aboot loose,” comes the reply. Perhaps you had to be there . . . matthew.vincent@ft.com Dunelm: kate.burgess@ft.com...
...“It might be hard to match this year, but already we started the year with [Edward] Bramson demanding a board seat at Barclays and Elliott making a bid for QEP,” said Mr Rossman....
...; Ceres Power rated “buy” at Investec; Coats rated “equal-weight” at Barclays; Eni upgraded to “neutral” at JPMorgan; GBL raised to “buy” at Citigroup; Heineken downgraded to “neutral” at Citigroup; Ideagen...
...“We suggest investors stick with companies that are more than simply plays on the oil price and will deliver superior returns through the cycle....
...John Aiken, Canadian banks analyst at Barclays in Toronto, said investors were concerned about slower international expansion and were fretting domestic mortgage lending would continue to decelerate....
...Corporate earnings reports out today include GBL, Fraport, Pargesa and Eurazeo....
...Analysts at Barclays forecast net income to roughly halve quarter on quarter to Y32.2bn; Goldman Sachs anticipates a smaller 36 per cent drop to Y42.4bn....
...Economists at Barclays estimate that sequestration cuts would knock 0.5 percentage points off the country’s growth rate....
...Justin D’Ercole, head of the Americas investment grade syndicate at Barclays, says companies seeking to raise large amounts of funds have been structuring debt offers that, in addition to paying higher yield...
...A weaker currency makes UK shares (and real estate) cheaper for overseas investors....
...Yet investors should still be cautious....
...Yields on junk bonds touched an all-time low of 6.14 per cent last month according to Barclays, even as default rates began to creep higher....
...On Friday, Megafon said it had received a $1.5bn loan from Sberbank and $1bn loan from Gazprombank, while earlier in the week it received a $2bn credit line from Citibank, BNP Paribas and Barclays....
...Analysts suggested the severely depressed stock was now seen as “option money” by less risk-averse investors....
...This reflects the emphasis regulators have placed on protecting retail investors since the fallout from the crash of 1929....
...Barclays’ proposed sale of iShares, its ETF subsidiary held within Barclays Global Investors, is the clearest indication yet that banks no longer consider asset management a core activity....
...The front cash flows of the sequential structures, pro rata pay super seniors, NAS bonds and sinkers are typically re-remic-able....
...“You don’t make money investing in safe things when times are good,” said one investor....
...Barclays Stockbrokers is giving clients direct access to leveraged spot FX trading on its BARX trading platform, after its research found that more than one in four private investors is now looking to trade...
...Bankers say there has been a slight slowing in foreign fund flows during the subprime mortgage crisis, as burnt investors lose their appetite for risk....
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