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...Even so, the alternatives to mutual funds have fundamentally reshaped the investment marketplace, as customers opt not just for ETFs but also separately managed accounts and collective investment trusts....
...“I decided to use the same lighting, to normalise a black woman being presented in the [elevated] style of the Masters.”...
...“Our goal is to build a global champion in the alternative investment space.”...
...“They have no idea of what equity they will be getting, but the alternative is that they will be looking elsewhere,” says a person with knowledge of the process....
...The chaos engulfing crosstown rival Credit Suisse, which had become the basket case of European banking after three scandal-ridden years, was now in overdrive....
...For many years, when the likes of George Soros and Jim Simons were considered the “masters of the universe”, few investors seemed bothered by hedge fund fees....
...It’s not all bad for young Goldmanites, though, who were greeted with free food and concerts upon returning to their desks — a step up from artisanal fruit baskets....
...“We would load a basket of espresso, tamp it down and then load even more in [a process called “updosing”]....
...Its 20th-century masters created an opulent, tropical alternative to the cool linear stylings of Breuer, Eames, Jacobsen and Le Corbusier, featuring sensuous curves, richly coloured indigenous hardwoods...
...They point out that Libra will be fully backed by a basket of government-issued, or fiat, currency, meaning that the system would not create any new money....
...Her cleaning supplies fit in one cute basket and the only cleaning agent is a vinegar-and-water mix, which she uses everywhere....
...For specialists in risk parity, which could be described as putting all your eggs in different baskets, this diversified business model seems appropriate....
...It is here that master spy George Smiley comes across agent Toby Esterhase munching patisserie and watching the tea dance. The patisserie is still pretty good....
...It is a sign of how turbulent this sector has become that someone so conscious of the changes afoot was unable to master them....
...“Except for those,” she adds, pointing at a basket of tiny mandarins. “They are from China.” Muse’s people are also increasingly shaped by the behemoth next door....
...He trained Supreme Court to win the first King George and Queen Elizabeth at Ascot but went to Ireland, where he became a master of foxhounds....
...Caravaggio’s painting of Lazarus makes a powerful case for the alternative....
...brooke.masters@ft.com Virgin: charis.gresser@ft.com Andrew Hill is away...
...As for an alternative…: Well, I think the alternative is not necessarily to go back to the straitjacket of the gold standard, which did impose a lot of constraints on policy makers....
...To incentivise businesses in priority sectors, I introduced investment linked deduction as an alternative to profit linked deduction....
...No need to spread your eggs across baskets if you knew the exact odds of your one basket being dropped....
...Rival theories have championed alternative homes from China to modern Israel but intensive DNA studies have now led the trail back to Vavilov’s original solution....
...Cuba seemed to have found an alternative to US exploitation and (it being the Jim Crow era) racism....
...For example, in a recent study completed by Deloitte, London comes out below Singapore, Istanbul, Tel Aviv, and Dublin based upon labour costs (measured as a basket of labour cost, nominal wage growth, non-wage...
...We’ll also see more designs that help zone open-plan suites into areas for specific activities such as Atelier Editions’ mirrored wall cabinet with glass shelves, shelf-baskets and a washstand worktop with...
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