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...According to its 2021 accounts, the M&S pension scheme had 106,000 members with about 53,000 of those pensioners....
...“Private credit has stepped in and I’m expecting this to accelerate,” Francis said on the sidelines of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association conference in Edinburgh....
...As a classicist I’m conflicted....
...“I’m not so hungry — it’s quite early, isn’t it?” Deborah Levy says, eyeing the menu cautiously....
...Labour said the meeting, which took place at M&G’s offices in the City, discussed issues including the potential for new financing mechanisms for infrastructure to deliver “viable investment models”....
...I’m not sure I came away with a complete understanding of Napoleon....
...“The opportunities we have seen [for real estate] in Europe, and I’m talking UK, Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands, have increased for long-term capital that isn’t reliant necessarily on some of...
...Ailman, who pioneered Calstrs’ move into private equity two decades ago and now holds $50bn in the asset class, told Josephine Cumbo in an interview that “private equity has not shared enough revenues”....
...“I’m really just a nerd,” confesses Reynaud-Dewar between drags of her e-cigarette. “I think we attribute too much power to art....
...A fierce war for legal talent amid an M&A boom has pushed starting salaries for newly qualified lawyers to record levels....
...“For somebody to have died and a pension pot to be materially reduced, I’m not saying it’s impossible, but I would say it is a reasonably unusual situation,” said James Bingham, partner with Sackers, a City...
...“I’m an opera composer because of Martin and with Martin. There’s an electric current between us when I’m writing....
...Earlier this month, fund manager M&G announced plans to close its £565mn property fund and return cash to clients, citing declining interest from retail investors, and St James’s Place suspended trading...
...Fund manager M&G is to close its £565mn property fund following sustained outflows by UK retail investors looking to get out of the ailing real estate market....
...Josephine CumboHello, I’m Jo Cumbo, the FT’s global pensions correspondent. Claer BarrettAnd David? David HearneHello, I’m David Hearne....
...“We’re well capitalised so we can ride it out, but I’m worried about the wider environment.”...
...Think of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Josephine Tey, James M Cain, Richard Stark, Pascal Garnier — think of Georges Simenon! Let me make an essential distinction....
...“I’m not sure whether we have just put a Band-Aid on the problem or actually structurally examined it . . ....
...The beauty staples I’m never without are red lipstick – Tom Ford’s Scarlet Shock – over which I put Chanel Rouge Coco lip gloss....
...tax cuts for the rich, pension funds with these LDI swaps found themselves having to post collateral to cover mark-to-market losses,” said Jim Leaviss, chief investment officer of public fixed income at M&...
...During its heyday, Baldwin’s Saint-Paul home was a sanctuary for artists — especially black Americans in the twilight of their lives, from Miles Davis to Josephine Baker....
...Hello, I’m Emma Dunkley covering for Harriet Agnew this week. Investors are piling back into bonds following a “cataclysmic” period for the asset class....
...“I’m really obsessed with that kind of clinking noise.” Find out about our latest stories first — follow @financialtimesfashion on Instagram...
...(Yes, I’m aware it is ridiculous to be emotional over things — nevertheless, I am.)...
...Can you imagine Josephine and Cleopatra comparing notes about their experiences?” I give him a quick kiss, and push him towards the front door....
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