Hints and tips:
...Those arrangements look “just weird”, according to Cornell Law School professor Charles Whitehead. There was “nothing inherently wrong” with such arrangements he said, but “it raises your eyebrows”....
...Overall we suspect that the peak in the Bank rate will be limited to 4 per cent....
...In all fairness, Alphabet’s spending options are limited. A big M&A deal seems off limits at the moment, given the regulatory environment....
...Charles Nolan: Room for manoeuvre seems limited given the current conjuncture and the policy remit. David Page: No strong view....
...It has plans to make the pension system fairer and has embarked on a shake-up of benefits and services to lift more people out of poverty....
...Matthew Herman, co-head of global M&A advisory at law firm Freshfields, said: “The staff at the SEC are very likely going to get hit with a wall of accumulated work the day they come back....
...Advisory, M&A and financing will follow, along with capital flows....
...Limited partners — pension plans and other institutions that lock up their capital in private equity vehicles for years — have grown increasingly concerned about succession, with just 12 per cent of funds...
...And so Einhorn is the principal of Cook but the agent of the Canadian pension plan manager....
...So there was a very explicit plan to decentralise the decision making, particularly economic decision making....
...I expect limited growth support from the weaker currency via net trade....
...I’m not sure how dramatic the effect of government policy on house prices will actually be....
...Dougal Gunn Sharp, 42, founded craft brewer Innis & Gunn in 2003. Today, the Edinburgh-based company produces a core range of three oak-aged beers alongside seasonal beers and limited editions....
...“Now that I’m approaching my twilight years, I see the Isa and the income it generates as my pensions, and also potentially providing care home costs for me and my wife in the future,” he says....
...Even including special items like the transfer of the Royal Mail Pension Plan, QE profits, and bank sales, the near 4%-of-GDP deficit for 2015/16 could still be the G7’s widest after Japan....
...“I’m grateful for the shift. I’m much happier now. It’s nice to create something. It’s made me much more aware of what really matters.”...
...Last year saw job losses offset by job gains — 1.7m losses compared to 2.3.m gains. Risk is that rising labour costs — Living Wage, NI and pension payments will hit further job growth from SMEs....
...With new orders for housing up 43 per cent in the year to the third quarter, I’m encouraged by the supply response....
...Nicholas Barr, LSE: Economic recovery will be limited and slow....
...Alternatively, it could go into a pension plan....
...Chris Williamson, Markit: I’m not convinced that the government are calculating productivity correctly....
...I’m not suggesting they stop – simply that they probably don’t need to worry any more than they already are....
...But both Elena Salgado, Mr Solbes’s successor, and Mr Zapatero himself have acknowledged that Spain now has limited room for manoeuvre and must be selective about spending....
...The public may be more prepared to accept serious emergency measures if they are put in place for a limited period of time....
...Those who were already retired who onto nominal annuities (the majority of those who had DC pension plans) will have benefited from the much lower than expected inflation....
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