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...She worked on deals including Philip Morris International’s acquisition of the smokeless tobacco company Swedish Match, and the £4bn purchase of UK department store Selfridges by Thai conglomerate Central...
...“We are operating from a position of strength . . . our organic strategy is working but we are open to M&A,” Anil said....
...“I’m not a fan of just unleashing inappropriate amounts of risk-taking,” Quinn added....
...“HSBC were too late getting to the market, as it was already consolidating,” said Damon Hopkins, head of defined contribution workplace savings, at Broadstone, the employee benefit consultants....
...Deutsche at present sits outside the top-10 in M&A....
...Boutique M&A advisory groups — specialist outfits such as PJT Partners, Houlihan Lokey, Evercore, Lazard, Greenhill and Robey Warshaw — have been steadily winning market share from traditional bulge bracket...
...I’m joined now by the FT’s Stephen Morris to talk about this. Hey, Stephen. Stephen MorrisHello. Marc FilippinoAll right. So what is the point of the shake-up at Barclays? What is it hoping to do?...
...I’ve always had a bit of a crush on Damon [Albarn]. In my fridge you won’t find a lot, but I have vodka in the freezer....
...Dimensional Fund Advisors and F/m Investments followed suit last summer, and Fidelity did the same in October. All four filings remain pending....
...“And what I’m feeling isn’t lust, it’s envy,” Morris sings in “Beautiful Boy”, a gripping slow-burner about male entitlement. Her accent is cut-glass....
...“I’m quite proud that none of that happened under my watch,” he said in an interview last year....
...Barclays profit fell 16 per cent in the third quarter as revenue growth slowed at its UK retail division and declined at the investment bank, which continues to suffer from a dearth of M&A deals and slower...
...So if the phone were to ring with an offer to attempt the definitive portrait of Trump, would Morris be game? “I’m too grossed out. And I don’t know that you can find out anything new....
...Morris has asked. (Shlaim’s answer: it is what he has been called since the age of five.) Yet even Morris accepts Shlaim’s research is valuable and readable....
...I’m very focused on getting the bank back into private hands so anything, any policy support that shares that ambition I’m encouraging of, I think that’s a good thing”....
...Revenue fell 30 per cent to £375mn, hitting the lowest level since at least 2015, including just £80mn from M&A advice....
...Steve Geller, who was global head of M&A at Credit Suisse, now has the same role at Santander, while Tom Davidov, Santander’s global head of financial sponsors, previously had the same role for the Americas...
...“Initially, it was difficult because I was on a major label, whereas I think now I’m in my forties, everyone knows I’m not trying to make a ‘pop hit’.”...
...Small Things was produced with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (he pitched it to Damon while they were on a night shoot on Oppenheimer), for a modest budget of less than $10mn, and focuses on a community being...
.... 🐸☕️ We had correct entries from (deep breath) Oliver Withers, Arvin Vaghela, Benjamin O’Dwyer, Edward Roe, Simon M, James Klikis, Vlad Tasca, Theo Morris Clarke, Beg Stegmann, Reilly Monroe, Phil Clifton...
...“I would venture that half the enterprise value of our single bond ETFs is in the tickers,” said Alexander Morris, president and chief investment officer of F/m Investments....
...Results: General Motors, Philip Morris International, PepsiCo, Spotify and Visa are among the companies reporting....
...“The negative fair value adjustments creates an upfront capital headwind for the acquirer making the M&A maths less appealing.”...
...“Damon [Albarn] is almost addicted to making up new melodies. But he doesn’t love finishing — he loves generating,” says Ford....
...“I’m now a champion and crusader for men and women who have been closed down by the banks,” Farage told the BBC....
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