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...But Barclays estimates that both the market-beating alpha and Sharpe ratios (returns versus volatility) are down significantly over the past 12 months....
...Analyst at Barclays said the higher-than-expected penalty was “likely to prove a drag on the shares”. Shares in the London-listed group fell 2.2 per cent to £13.27 in early morning trading....
...How Greenhill’s Scott Bok scored a $78mn payday Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, sang the crooner Kenny Rogers. Scott Bok knows this rule of thumb well....
...Barclays and Goldman Sachs placed 65m Dr Marten shares at 395p each. The private equity firm is expected to sell more of its stake, analysts said. Both Permira and Dr Martens declined to comment....
...The French lender expects to capture up to half of Credit Suisse’s prime assets, enough, it hopes, to overtake Barclays in the rankings....
...Director Kenny Leon says that film is art, theatre is life and television is furniture....
...Dr Martens has hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as joint coordinators and Barclays, HSBC, Merrill Lynch and RBC Europe as bookrunners. Lazard is acting as a financial adviser to the company....
...Jes Staley, chief executive of Barclays, opined in the spring that putting thousands of people in one big, building “may be a thing of the past”....
...The Carlyle Group has appointed Andrew Kenny as head of Emea corporate communications. He joins from Apax Partners. Smart reads Private equity’s moment?...
...And Barclays: Our FY20e EPS forecast falls by 24% to 12p. On revised forecasts, EQN trades on c12x FY21e PE, with a FCF of c7%....
...“There has been far too much perimeter adverts, TV adverts, bookmakers splashed across football jerseys,” said Kenny Alexander, chief executive....
...Communications firm Headland has hired Kenny Ferguson as an associate director....
...Friday 12:30 GMT What’s happening ● GVC dropped to its lowest in nearly three years on news that Kenny Alexander, the Ladbrokes owner’s chief executive, and chairman Lee Feldman both sold more than three-quarters...
...Whistleblower advocates reacted angrily when UK regulators declined to ban Barclays’ chief executive Jes Staley for attempting to unmask a whistleblower....
...Barclays has estimated that the US gambling market could be worth $10bn in net revenues to gambling operators, a figure that excludes money given back to punters in prizes....
...Profile: Kenny Alexander A keen poker player and a lover of horseracing, Kenny Alexander is placing another big bet as chief executive of GVC....
...Barclays turned positive on Aveva, ahead of the Schneider deal completing by year end....
...Should this happen, Barclays, the bank, estimates that Ladbrokes Coral would lose £449m in machine revenues in 2018....
...GVC boss Kenny Alexander said: “As the group evolves, our focus is increasingly on regulated markets and markets where we believe there is a realistic path to regulation.”...
...Corporate earnings reports out today include Axa, Telefonica, Orange, Bouygues, Peugeot, Barclays, Glencore, Relx, Centrica, Intu, British American Tobacco, BAE Systems, RSA Insurance, Rentokil, Rathbone...
...(all times London): 07.45: France business confidence 08.30: UK immigration data 08.55: ECB chief economist Peter Praet to speak in London on Brexit 09.00: Italy retail sales 13.45: Irish premier Enda Kenny...
...The Olympics gives spectators the chance to savour the tactics of niche sports such as cycle sprinting, won by Team GB’s Jason Kenny....
...Barclays faded 2.5 per cent to 233.1p after Merrill Lynch downgraded to “underperform”....
...Analysts at Barclays say they expect a stronger US currency over the quarter, “albeit at a slower pace, in the year to come....
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