Hints and tips:
...Falcó, the lender’s global co-head of investment banking....
...Boris Johnson, British prime minister, will this week urge EU national capitals to veto a suggestion from Brussels that would block AstraZeneca vaccine exports to the UK....
...Having ruled out increases in income tax, national insurance and VAT rates in its 2019 manifesto, the government will likely initially look to other options....
...Tusa, who was previously co-head of UK corporate broking at Deutsche Bank, will be based in London....
...“What is largely lacking in the smart city program is the national planning.”...
...Blackstone, the world’s biggest private equity group, and the hedge fund Paulson & Co have hired the investment bank Moelis to develop proposals to overhaul the two agencies....
...It is something they have done exceptionally well, transforming a small real estate developer from the southern city of Shenzhen into a national — and potential international — champion....
...Among the most popular investments have been life insurance policies — particularly those with guaranteed returns. In the good years, the returns were as high as 4 per cent....
...According to the National Association of Theatre Owners, US movie attendance peaked in 2002 and has been steadily declining ever since....
...This propelled it to first place among insurers, outstripping the likes of China Life and the People’s Insurance Co of China, even though they far eclipse it in terms of premiums....
...Olmstead v. United States....
...It is in talks with some governments to start national hepatitis C treatment programmes, which would allow for sale of the drug directly to health administrations....
...Simon Davis, a partner at Clifford Chance, will examine why the FCA decided to brief a solitary Telegraph journalist about a potentially market-moving review of life policies, who decided on the strategy...
...(Financial Times) Sumitomo Life weighing Negara stake: “Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. is among companies preparing to bid for a stake in the life insurance unit of PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BBNI), according...
...Another question insurers have raised is whether Sandy was indeed a post-tropical cyclone, as classified by the National Hurricane Center....
...But investors were turned off by the decision to offer shares at a premium, necessitating an embarrassing last-minute intervention from Life Insurance Corporation, another state-backed company, to complete...
...A valuation of 15 times 2012 earnings put Standard Life at the top of the insurance sector and was near its historic peak over the past five years, said the broker....
...Lewis attempted to apply pressure through Kolhberg’s investors, including insurance giant Prudential and the midwestern bank First Chicago....
...At the same time, Standard & Poor’s affirmed the ‘AA+’ ratings on the members of five other insurance groups–Assured Guaranty, Berkshire Hathaway, Guardian, Massachusetts Mutual, and Western & Southern–and...
...The Depository Trust Co, National Securities Clearing Corp, Fixed Income Clearing Corp and Options Clearing Corp were all downgraded from triple A to double A plus....
...Prudential’s aborted $35.5bn takeover of AIG’s Asian life insurance business AIA last year was also a reminder of how pivotal institutional investors’ support is....
...To say The X Factor dominates the national conversation would be an understatement: like it or loathe it, the show is the national conversation....
...It may be unrealistic to expect co-ordinated action when the cost of bail-outs is often met at the national level....
...He urged co-ordinated action at national and international level to restart investment and avert a “lost decade” of low growth and high unemployment....
...Significantly, most of the demand from the bond came from commercial banks, pension funds and life insurance companies, according to bankers. There was little demand from hedge funds....
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