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...July 29-30, newportfolk.org Womad, UK There are few festivals where you can catch performers as wide-ranging as Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, Brazilian rapper Emicida, the UK’s Soul II Soul and Portuguese...
...Alan Bullock, the Oxford historian who worked at the BBC during the war, describes the relationship as “a constant pull and push”....
...Increasing prices and the city’s poor transport infrastructure could yet see the affluent scientists and financiers driving Cambridge’s science boom desert the city, according to Matthew Bullock, master...
...Founded in 1996, Tradeweb has been one of the winners from post-crisis rules such as the US Dodd-Frank act and Mifid II in Europe, which have incentivised more trading on transparent electronic markets....
...Phase II is scheduled to begin a year from now with large brokers reporting....
...Mr Cifu also said Virtu had seen “some benefits” from the new Mifid II markets regulations that came into effect in Europe on January 3rd but acknowledged delays to key share dealing rules meant it was still...
...Silver Run Acquisition Corp II At more than $1bn, Silver Run Acquisition Corp II was the year’s largest listing of a special purpose acquisition vehicle — a blank cheque company that raises money with a...
...Another issue for traders in financial markets is Mifid II, the EU’s trading rule reforms which come into force next year....
...“The foundation of KCG’s European business is a great client franchise coupled with the upside potential that Mifid II will bring,” Joe Molluso, Virtu’s chief financial officer told the FT, referencing the...
...In Europe, the incoming Mifid II rules for investment services are set to force banks and fund managers to collect much more data on trading for regulators than is currently required, creating an opportunity...
...Silver Run Acquisition Corp II, which has since bought two energy companies, raised more than $1bn in the year’s biggest Spac listing....
...Susan Bullock, despite sounding strident, gave her all to the role of Queen Elizabeth I, who is portrayed as a declining, bitter, almost pathetic old hag....
...Analysts point out that under Solvency II regulations it may be more difficult for insurers to make direct investments in infrastructure projects. And there are other hurdles....
...The ML II and III portfolios were funded with a $44bn loan from the New York Fed in conjunction with $5bn of equity from AIG....
...It suspended sales of its Maiden Lane II portfolio when prices in the secondary market fell....
...The Fed was repaid earlier this year on another vehicle used to support AIG called Maiden Lane II and recorded a $2.8bn profit. Still, US taxpayers remain on the hook for their rescue of AIG....
...Last year, the New York Fed suspended asset sales from Maiden Lane II, another AIG-related vehicle, when prices in the secondary market fell....
...The Swiss bank also bought more than $13bn of mortgage-related securities in auctions earlier this year for Maiden Lane II, a separate portfolio of debt related to AIG’s bailout....
...Last year, the New York Fed began selling Maiden Lane II assets, but halted the sales when prices for this debt fell in the secondary market....
...Last year New York Fed suspended auctions of Maiden Lane II assets when prices in the secondary market fell. It then recommenced those sales this year....
...Maiden Lane II housed bonds backed by subprime US home loans, securities that have been in demand in recent months for their relatively high yields....
...Additional reporting by Nicole Bullock...
...The New York Fed earlier this year sold the remaining assets in Maiden Lane II, another AIG-related portfolio, for a $2.8bn profit. Additional reporting by Shahien Nasiripour...
...Earlier this year the New York Fed sold the remainder of Maiden Lane II, another portfolio related to AIG’s rescue, but one that housed bonds backed by pools of subprime and other risky US home loans....
...As CDOs, the majority of the securities in Maiden Lane III are packages of bonds rather than the underlying bonds themselves, unlike the Maiden Lane II portfolio....
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