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...-point penalty for transfer dealings (FT) Former PwC partner banned for 2 years in Australia for leaking information (FT) Pandemic-hit Rolls-Royce hopes for clearer skies as new boss takes helm (FT) Highland...
...He died less than a year later at the age of 73....
...Russian gold producer Petropavlovsk has hired Denis Alexandrov, who resigned from its competitor Highland Gold last week, as its new chief executive. More here....
...As a boy, he would buy Playboy magazines downtown for 50 cents each and sell them on to his school mates in the wealthy suburb of Highland Park at a hefty mark-up....
...Privalia also secured €70m in funding from General Atlantic, Index and Highland in October, which it said at the time would be used for acquisitions....
...The group said at the time that it expected to use the funding to expand further in to Latin America and make acquisitions in Europe....
...Mr Icahn has been buying debt in MGM at 50 cents on the dollar and now holds about $800m worth of notes in the group....
...The funding from General Atlantic and Index Ventures, together with existing shareholder Highland Capital, is the latest in a string of investments by VCs in the burgeoning market for private online sales...
...Mr Lundqvist was previously head of European transition management at Russell....
...Troubles mounted for some of the world’s biggest hedge funds on Thursday as Highland Capital Management told investors it was shutting down two of its funds and details emerged of big losses at TPG-Axon....
...” - What’s going on at Citadel and Highland Capital? - Just sign on the dotted line… never mind the bazooka aimed at your head - Happy 2nd birthday, Wallstrip...
...At the time of the deal, Prof-Media argued that Rambler was not a “code company” because its board meetings were not held in the UK and its central management and control were outside of the UK....
...The latter also syndicated some of its share of the debt to KKR Financial, Highland Capital Management and Davidson Kempner Capital Management....
...“Risk management is an intense focus for us here,” Mark Okada, Highland’s co-founder explained at a conference call with investors. Highland was not alone....
...As Highland Gold is not currently a company subject to the Takeover Code, investors should be aware that shareholders (including Barrick, and, in due course, Millhouse LLC) are able to increase their interests...
...Highland Gold is listed on Aim but has its place of central management and control in Jersey, allowing it to circumvent all panel rules....
...Highland Capital, the Boston-based venture capital firm, earlier this month said it will open offices in Switzerland and China this summer....
...It is about rolling up your sleeves to create value at companies rather than using financial engineering.”...
...Former Highland Distillers’ boss and well-known City figure Sir Brian Ivory is adding his weight to the board of new pension buy-out company Synesis Life as a non-executive director....
...Now the new legislature looks set to be a bit of damp squib, its deliberations overshadowed by an intensification of regional tensions between the pro-government western highlands and more independent-minded...
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