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...The best gift I’ve received recently is a pastel drawing by the artist Louis Eisner, who is a good friend....
...A 20% adoption rate would imply c£900m of industry-wide flows. In aggregate, this implies a £1.5bn net flow tailwind, with assumptions that we believe are generous. What can you say about £1.5bn?...
...(a) (of a gem) uncut, unpolished; (b) (of water) undistilled; not filtered; (c) (of alcoholic spirit) undiluted; (d) (of grain) unmalted, undried; (e) (of sewage) untreated. I.2.e....
...The shoe designer, whose Wannabe loafer was quintessential 1990s disco footwear, was the mainstay of London’s society pages for decades: Janet Jackson dubbed him “Party Pat” at one of Elton John’s get-togethers...
...The dangers of generalisations are pretty well demonstrated by the accompanying chart, which looks a bit like a Chelsea FC player were liquidated and dripped, Jackson Pollock-style, onto some axes for maximum...
...This was not always the case: the proportion of variable rate debt has fallen sharply over the last decade, from a peak of c.70% in 2012....
...range of forecasts strategists produce for the coming year, writes Société Générale’s Jitesh Kumar: For example, over 2017, VIX averaged 11.1, and the S&P500 forecast range from strategists for 2018 was c.17%...
...Overall impact to ASK capacity for H2 F24 expected to be c. 20 per cent higher YoY (Q3 c. 25 per cent, Q4 c. 15 per cent)....
...According to MMO Population tracker, it has c 18.7m subscribers and 353k daily active players which ranks number 14 of 140 tracked MMOs....
...Pangaia Pangaia T-shirts use C-Fiber, which is made of seaweed powder and wood pulp; they are also treated with peppermint oil....
...In percentage terms, c.35% of fund launches YTD have been ESG funds versus c.45% in both 2021 and 2022 making the decline in ESG fund launches versus all equity and fixed income funds in aggregate less stark...
...Like Xu, Ayana V Jackson is her own subject; she uses her body to question the history of photography....
...Blanchard was first introduced to Lemmons through a friend when she began searching for a composer for her 1997 directorial debut Eve’s Bayou, a gothic drama starring Samuel L Jackson....
...Trying to figure out the German version of plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose was a waste of several minutes of Alphaville’s time. Plus, it’s not really fair: things have changed for Germany....
...On our calculations, based on the current QT trajectory and TFSME path, Bank reserves will fall significantly over the coming years, likely halving (c. GBP 430bn) by the middle of the decade....
...In June, US group Jackson Family Wines acquired 65 acres of vines in Essex’s Crouch Valley....
...The beauty staple I’m never without is a new perfume, Deya, by a young scent designer called Ezra Lloyd Jackson. His perfumes are formulated for black skin....
...Here are words that BoE’s director of authorisations, regtech and international supervision, Rebecca Jackson, actually stood up and said out loud today at an Association of Foreign Banks Mansion House Lunch...
...Nicolas Ghesquière did — insofar as a womenswear designer can run a risk at a brand as enormous and cemented in the public psyche as Louis Vuitton, whose sales surpassed €20bn last year....
...for set of three, matchesfashion.com Lukhanyo Mdingi viscose-mix knitted fringed maxi dress, £1,495, net-a-porter.com Ulla Johnson cotton Freda embroidered shorts, £342, net-a-porter.com Dior raffia C’...
...In a note published today, he writes: [C]entral banks suddenly sound all cautious and pragmatic again....
...Alliance Pharma, M&C Saatchi and YouGov all fall in this zone. But it’s not only about individual companies....
...Brendan Luecke, of Sanford C Bernstein, on the Rockwell Automation November 2022 call. On that efficiency component: “I just wanted to double-click on that efficiency component.”...
...The prestige of the Oscars means that some of the rarest or custom-made pieces — for example, the bespoke Louis Vuitton silk organza gown that took 1,000 hours to make, worn by 2023 best actress nominee...
...As well as Alphavillains Robin, Alex, George and Louis, prodigious emceeing skills were demonstrated (in spite of microphone issues) by the Unhedged team of Rob Armstrong and Ethan Wu, and by special guest...
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