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...Our runner-up, Rob Butler, scored extra points by adding thought bubbles with his entry as shown below....
...“With public market values falling so much, a buyer needs to determine whether the valuation represents the new normal or whether there is going to be a V-shaped recovery in terms of earnings or valuation...
...Claer Barrett talks to FT Money writer Katharine Gemmell and columnist Jason Butler. (FT)...
...Meanwhile, Peel Hunt’s gone to “buy” from “add” on pub operator Mitchells & Butlers with a 300p target....
...Mr Butler says Charlotte’s association with academia attracted Dimensional....
...This approach is known as the V- or U- shaped equity glide path....
...In September, finance director, Mark Bourke, said he would stand down “early next year” to join Novo Banco, a Portuguese bank....
...He joins from Credit Suisse in Switzerland and has worked in finance for 30 years....
...In the UK, the Sackler name appears on an array of cultural landmarks, including a gallery at the Serpentine, a courtyard at the V&A, an education centre at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, an escalator at Tate...
...“We have entered into [memorandums of understanding] with various commercial banks to the tune of around Rs100bn,” said V Rama Manohara Rao, APCRDA special commissioner....
...Elliott v Arconic: Round 2 The nastiest proxy fight of the season concluded on Monday. Or did it?...
...Patrick Pouyanné, chairman and chief executive of Total, said Carlyle would “enable Atotech to pursue its growth ambitions” — hinting at the constraints on his own company’s ability to finance expansion...
Activist investors are intent on blocking Cheil Industries’ move to buy a sister business
...The US Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to reverse two overturned convictions on insider trading that have set back its pursuit of finance industry figures who trade on leaked information...
...However, TPG had to overcome tough questions about the performance of TPG V, its boom-era buyout fund, which invested $15.5bn but suffered some high-profile casualties....
...The impact on EFH’s finances has been brutal....
..., European head of leveraged finance at Pramerica Investment Management....
...(Financial Times) Eurozone finance ministers meet today in Brussels to discuss aid to Cyprus and Greece....
...Celestine V, the last pope to abdicate voluntarily, resigned in 1294 after just five months. Pope Benedict’s resignation generated responses from across the globe....
...Asked in a radio interview if the pension changes could end the coalition, Jacek Rostowski, the finance minister, said: “At the moment the most important thing is the reform.”...
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Green and co, at any rate, are calling a U-shaped recovery, rather than the V-shaped recovery prompted by the previous stimulus, with growth expected by Q2 next year....
...Guy Hands and his private equity team at Terra Firma bid £4.2bn for EMI in 2007 but were unable to meet the payments on loans provided by Citi to finance the deal....
...After the financial crash most banks and other lenders opted to give the film business a wide berth, with several banks closing their film finance units....
...Andrew Cosslett said he would retire as chief executive the same day Adam Fowle left pub group Mitchells & Butlers....
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