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...But it is not clear (to me anyway) what exactly he means by this, given that the S&P is a diversified index that growing companies automatically enter and shrinking companies automatically leave....
...In recent years, the company has sought to diversify through acquisitions. It bought personal finance company Credit Karma for $8.1bn in 2020 and email marketing provider MailChimp for $12bn in 2021....
...Signatories are not required to boycott tobacco companies altogether but rather to “encourage the adoption of tobacco-free finance policies across lending, investment and insurance”, among other commitments...
...That compares against M3’s offer of ¥1,600 per share for up to a 55 per cent stake in Benefit One....
...Analysts said the agreement would improve Xpeng’s finances and supply chain management....
...Ever since, the promise of eye-watering returns has enticed pension plans, endowments, insurance companies, private banks and business tycoons to pump $5tn into the industry....
...“Not a single one of the clients who are in these funds would pay these rates for any other type of insurance, certainly not term [life] insurance,” she points out....
...Assured Guaranty, a New York-listed insurance company, has amassed more than $10bn of exposure to UK water utilities and recently struck more deals in the space....
...They needed their own training, insurance and vital equipment....
...The bank’s online loan service, which will become fully available by June, does not require application forms for unsecured loans of less than S$30,000 with a cap of S$300,000....
...Key economic and company reports Here is a more complete list of what to expect in terms of company reports and economic data this week....
...Musk’s sale of almost $23bn worth of Tesla shares to finance the Twitter acquisition certainly hasn’t helped either....
...The S&P 500 stock index has fallen about 15 per cent since the deal with Blackstone was struck, and shares in recently listed companies have been particularly badly hit....
...Distinctions between the companies are important. Apple, the ultimate quality stock, has beat the S&P this year while Facebook’s valuation was getting chopped in half....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 19. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...It sells individual and group retirement saving products as well as life insurance....
...Among the eligibility criteria, companies must be ranked in the top 75 per cent of their industry group by S&P’s ESG ratings team....
...And so, you know, the main thing to understand about SVB is the S and the V — Silicon Valley, right? It’s taking deposits from Silicon Valley start-ups....
...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...Let us know what fintech predictions you have for the rest of the year at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...from its insurance business....
...Reach out to me (imani.moise@ft.com) or Sid (sid.v@ft.com) to let us know. Happy reading!...
...The FTSE index, which consists of China’s 50 largest companies weighted by market capitalisation, is dominated by the finance and consumer sectors, with names including China Merchants Bank and Ping An Insurance...
...Corporate earnings Insurance company Cigna is expected to report first quarter revenue of $43.4bn, according to analysts polled by Refinitiv....
...The company has a presence in retail finance, life insurance and general insurance....
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