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...while the “E” of environmental, social and governance issues is dominating headlines this week — particularly given fresh signs of climate change emerging from Europe’s floods — nobody should overlook the “G”...
...Dirk Goergen, Emea head of coverage at DWS, says the online conference format is a foundation from which it intends to build....
...Dirk Schumacher, economist at Natixis, said there were about €65bn of potential “fallen angel” bonds in Europe that were likely to be downgraded soon and about $280bn such bonds in the US....
...Erle Spratt, who manages M&G’s Asia property fund, an open-ended investment vehicle, says it is risky to invest directly because assets are not easy to find and price....
...“The ball is now back in the governments’ court.” ——————————————- Letter in response to this report: Don’t place too much faith in success of Europe’s QE / From Michael G Mimicopoulos...
...This magnificent work by Douglas White warns (J.G. Ballard-style) of nature’s revenge on civilisation, but it is a nature horribly transformed by the human intervention to which it reacts....
...As a result, P&G was fined €211.2m, while Unilever was fined €104m....
...The Belgian astronaut Dirk Frimout told Sam Knight for this special issue of the FT Weekend Magazine: “The first time we heard about space was in Tintin....
...M&G Investments, the fund manager, last year launched a UK inflation-linked corporate bond fund....
...“Government bonds are currently one of our least favourite investments,” wrote Dirk Wiedmann, chief investment officer with Rothschild Private Banking & Trust in a recent note to clients....
...These are what Dirk Bezemer calls accounting or flow of funds views of the economy....
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...It also employed an experienced manager, M&G, to help avoid losses. Other banks have been quick to latch on....
...The wireless connection provided to your notebook's 802.11a/b/g chip is just the tip of an extensive telecommunications grid typically provided by the phone or cable company....
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