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...“The democratisation of savings is a trend that is accelerating and will lead to a greater portion of savings being dealt with directly,” says Standard Life Aberdeen chair Douglas Flint....
...The group has been sidling towards a fuller break up ever since it demerged M&G, its European business....
...The vote by HSBC’s asset management arm is another source of awkwardness, as Mr Flint was previously chair of the bank. Mr Flint defended Ms Bruce’s pay deal....
...The “Flint 2017” plan to get to >11% ROTE by 2020 was similarly unconvincing and quickly abandoned....
...Meanwhile, operating profit at the UK M&G Prudential business rose 19 per cent, boosted by the release of £440m of reserves that are no longer needed due to changes in life expectancy....
...“The banking industry . . . has long had a responsibility to ensure its platforms are not abused by ‘bad actors’,” said Mr Flint....
...Standard Life Aberdeen, the UK’s largest listed fund manager, is poised to name Douglas Flint as its new chairman, the FT reported. The former HSBC chair will succeed Gerry Grimstone....
...“HSBC, which is really revered in Asia as a brand, has big opportunities in wealth management and insurance that they haven’t really capitalised on,” says Mr Wilson at L&G....
...Germans warn on high residential property prices Corporate earnings HSBC announces first-half results, with investors focused on whether Europe’s biggest bank can deliver on new chief executive John Flint...
...Mr Flint said: “Capitalism operates within taxation and data ownership and responsibility models totally out of date for today’s borderless digital world.”...
...In addition, the flint was so robust that it could provide at least 73,000 sparks before wearing out....
...“If ever there was a time for cross-party agreement, surely it is now in relation to the Brexit negotiations,” Mr Flint told the FT City Network....
...Douglas Flint I think the most important issue arising from the recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica data abuse scandal is that it highlights the general lack of information and understanding individuals...
...Douglas Flint In the circumstances and in particular against the backdrop of revised lower GDP forecasts, this was a practical and thoughtful Budget....
...P&G challenged that outcome. The final tally showed Mr Peltz lost by a few seats, but the company granted him his board seat anyway....
...Nigel Wilson, his opposite number at L&G, said a staff representative “would be a useful addition”....
...The L&G role has recently paid about £340,000. Hardly pin money but not a fortune either....
...Douglas Flint, HSBC If ever there was a time for cross-party agreement surely it is now in relation to the Brexit negotiations....
...Members of the board include London Stock Exchange boss Xavier Rolet, HSBC chairman Douglas Flint, Elizabeth Corley, vice chair of Allianz Global Investors, Anne Richards, chief executive of M&G Investments...
...Douglas Flint, HSBC I think Nigel is spot on....
...“I’m not going to pay for that f*****g wall,” Fox told Jorge Ramos, a prominent Mexican-American journalist who was once evicted from a Trump rally. “He should pay for it. He’s got the money.”...
...Douglas Flint, HSBC Where it works well it is because operating protocols as Philip illustrates have become embedded and understood....
...L&G’s Mr Wilson says it would be dangerous for the UK to lose its last truly global bank — after drastic restructuring at Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland ....
...Lots going on on the finish. 13.5% £27.95 Corney & Barrow Comm G B Burlotto 2008 Barolo Light nose and lots of very ripe fruit on the palate. Really very attractive already....
...Its decline has been less complete than that of, say, Detroit or Flint but it manages to be uglier nevertheless. Jerusalem I know, I know – beautiful, holy, history lingers in its every shady corner....
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