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...To be fair to Kenny G, his position is more nuanced than this quote would suggest (even if we think there’s an element of Rorschach’s “you’re locked in here with me” vibe here)....
...In 1843, AG Duncan wrote a stinging, abolitionist version which begins: My country ’tis of thee / Stronghold of slavery / Of thee I sing The second verse is even more to the point: My native country,...
...AGP, the existence of “schemes and arrangements” between Mr Kulibayev and ETK, the receipt by Mr Kulibayev of money from contracts related to the pipeline, nor any benefit having been gained by Petroleum LLC...
...“It’s a natural circle.”...
...• Margaret Ammon, above, has moved to M&G, the £351bn London-based investment manager, as chief risk officer. Ms Ammon joined from Colonial First State....
...The Oxford-Man institute works as “a virtuous circle” according to Chris Sier, a professor of financial technology at Leeds University. “The best quants in the world go there for their PhDs,” he says....
...Holding LLC....
...Allianz Global Investors, BlueBay, M&G and Hermes are among the large fund houses to have increased their focus on niche asset classes such as direct lending and private debt over the past two years....
...“We are likely to get significant capital inflows,” said G Pradeepkumar, chief executive of Union Asset Management, the investment arm of India’s seventh-largest bank, shortly after the currency overhaul...
...Mr Lynes worked previously for M&G Investments....
...• M&G has appointed Taro Shiroyama as a managing director responsible for institutional business development in Japan, a newly created role....
...AG Lafley, the 67-year-old chief executive of P&G, was brought back from retirement in 2013 to orchestrate a turnround at the group....
...Hermes last month also hired Brian Sng as a business development manager in Singapore from M&G Investments....
...The flood of money into the sector has also pushed up the valuations of start-ups, with several - including Funding Circle and TransferWise - achieving so-called “unicorn” valuations of $1bn or more....
...Mr Worthington, a former head of European equities for M&G, joins from RiverCrest Capital, a London-based boutique....
...He joins from M&G Investments....
...That conclusion is possible because the AQR also sheds light on the lower circles of sin: too-high asset valuations and too-low loan provisioning....
...Most of the 30 funds included in Private Debt Investor’s list are distressed specialists and only one in the top 10, fifth-placed M&G Investment Management of the UK, is based outside the US, illustrating...
...Mr Nobel, who will also manage the Hermes real estate senior debt fund, joins from M&G....
...The Celesio deal was closely watched in financial circles in Germany because of the unusual sequence of offers....
...Yet for all the headlines generated by that award – which the bank’s then chairman has since conceded was a mistake – Mr Dougan is known in banking circles for his asceticism....
...The now well-known Danish example points to unintended consequences, e.g. an actual rise in lending rates....
...●David Parsons has joined M&G Investments as an investment specialist within its institutional public debt business from BlackRock....
...“It has been a great year for the asset class,” says Leonard Vinville, manager of the M&G Global Convertibles Fund, whose assets under management have grown 50 per cent this year....
...Three executives at SAC Capital — “considered part of the inner circle for SAC founder Steven A. Cohen” — have been subpoenaed....
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