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...In fact, these days pension funds and insurance companies barely figure on UK shareholder registries, respectively holding only 1.8 per cent and 2.5 per cent of the London market as of the end of 2020....
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...In the 70 years that Don Carlos has enriched the Metropolitan Opera’s repertory, the Schiller-based saga of familial and political conflict has become one of Verdi’s most treasured operas....
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...Manek adds that the area where your skills would be most appreciated and transferable would be in a financial investigations unit in a bank or insurance company....
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...It spent most of its life as a straightforward private-equity-backed insurance brokerage firm and expanded quickly through a series of acquisitions....
...Let us know what fintech predictions you have for the rest of the year at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
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