Hints and tips:
...Prior to Mifid II, as the EU’s second “markets in financial instruments directive” has become known, my go-to source was a broker report from one or more of the main investment banks....
...Rosie Carr is the editor of Investors’ Chronicle Letter in response to this article: What exactly is Mifid II protecting investors from? / From John Turner, Dublin, Ireland...
...Harewood, designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam and set in 1,000 acres of grounds landscaped by Capability Brown, was built for Edwin Lascelles (1713-1795), who owned plantations in the Caribbean...
...Terry Smith, I hope you’re listening . . . DWS’s Asoka Wöhrmann faces widening scandal “Congratulations!!!...
...In Edale itself, there’s a Grade II-listed, three-bedroom detached house for sale for £750,000 from agents Eadon Lockwood & Riddle....
...Regent’s Park: Chester TerraceAlthough its townhouses are more compact than those on Hanover Terrace on the other side of the park, this Grade I-listed terrace has some key advantages....
...We see six major policy catalysts in Europe that could accelerate value creation in the sector: (i) the Green Deal; (ii) the EU stimulus plan; (iii) the 2030 carbon target; (iv) ETS reform (carbon scheme...
...On Grade I-listed Chester Terrace — which has a 300-metre communal garden and its own security-controlled private road — there is a six-bedroom house for sale at £12.5m through Arlington....
...But the Barbican is Grade-II listed, I say. Averil, who is campaigning against the development, says with a shrug. “We as residents are the guardians of our own architecture.”...
...One reader commented: “Now that I’m seeing my fees in pounds, shillings and pence, I do wonder what I’m paying for. Never does it cost £20,000 a year to look after my products!”...
...I repeated, impressed. The locals looked at me, bemused. As we trudged back up, Sarah, from nearby Chester, explained that they’re nothing special in Nova Scotia....
...‘Der Rosenkavalier’ opens at the Royal Opera House, London, on December 17, roh.org.uk Photographs: Angela Weiss/AFP; Rob Carr/Getty; Bill Cooper...
...“But whatever the reason, I hope inclusion on the top 10 will spur local authorities and owners to urgently find solutions for these buildings.”...
...The homes, built within a grade II-listed terrace and overlooking a garden square, are priced from £4.75m....
...In Denbigh, a 45-minute drive west of Chester, a seven-bedroom Grade II-listed home with views of the Clywdian hills, and two acres of land, is listed for £585,000 with Jackson-Stops....
...A two-bedroom unit within the building is available to rent for £2,000 a week through agents Hurford Salvi Carr....
...Set up on Koningsplein by Belgium’s first king, Leopold I in, 1830, Godfrey was named 17th greatest Belgian in a Walloon poll in 2005....
...So my hope for 2015 is that leaders in Europe will have the courage to: (i) take on vested interests, (ii) move towards freer, more open markets rather than listen to calls for protectionism and paralysis...
...It was built in 1313 for the Earl of Lancaster, cousin of Edward II....
...JAR Paris Vol II , by Pierre Genet and Joel Arthur Rosenthal, JAR Vol II, RRP$800 In 2003, Rosenthal published the limited edition 10lb-plus JAR Paris....
...I respect Ricks’s insistence that generals need to keep their eye on achieving strategic aims....
...“I’ve lived in Belgravia for 25 years and I’ve always regarded Grosvenor Crescent as the busy road that’s always full of taxis running up to Hyde Park Corner,” he says....
...“I think the industry does have an issue with its image,” says David Carr, a director at Hays, the recruitment consultants....
...Another property on offer by Knight Frank is Chester Place in Regent’s Park, a Nash-style, Grade I-listed, five-bedroom property on sale for about £6m....
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